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Calligraphy -- Italy

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1 Record:

Gaetano Giarre calligraphy manual: Alfabeto di lettere iniziali adorno di animali

 Collection — Volume 1
Call Number: MS E49
Overview

This collection consists of a single calligraphy-manual, containing an alphabet of ornamented initials, each beginning an Italian verse, and instructions for writing, cutting a pen, etc. Elaborate birds, beasts, plants, mythological creatures. From Giarre's Alfabeto, 1797, and his Invento, 1801.

Dates: 1801 or later