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Allgemeine Anweisung der neuesten Schönschreibkunst ... : für die Jugend hohen und niedern Standes, desgl. für andere Liebhaber einer schönen Feder und für Frauenzimmer : mit einer gedrukkten Anweisung and beigefügten Orthographie

Weber, Johann Gottfried · 1780 · Duisburg am Rhein : Helwing · 7 pictures

A German penmanship manual by Johann Gottfried Weber, published in Duisburg am Rhein by Helwing in 1780, written for young people of all ranks as well as amateurs of fine handwriting and women. Its pictures are copperplate-style plates of ornate flourished capitals, a lowercase and uppercase alphabet chart with numerals, and a large swash initial letter, offering a designer direct models of calligraphic letterforms, spirals and looping strokes for lettering work.

Penmanship · Calligraphy

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