Dell' idea dello scriuere. Intagliata per Epifanio dal Fiano l'anno 1607

Segaro, Giuseppe, active 1605, Alfiano, Epifanio d', active 1591-1607, engraver, Pavoni, Giuseppe, approximately 1551-1641, printer, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) · 1624 · [Genoa, G. Pavoni, 1624] · 24 pictures

This is a 1624 Genoese penmanship copybook printed by Giuseppe Pavoni, with engraved model hands and calligraphic exemplars by Giuseppe Segaro and engraver Epifanio d'Alfiano, made for writing masters and students. The pictures show engraved framed pages of italic script set within ornamental borders of scrolls, masks, cherubs and foliage, with flourished lines, initials and calligraphic swirls a designer might borrow for lettering, frames and decorative panels.

Copybooks · Early works to 1800 · Genoa · Italy · Penmanship

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