The Practice of Letters: The Hofer Collection of Writing Manuals, 1514-1800

by David P. Becker

After the invention of the printing press in the fifteenth century, the art of writing in manuscript took on fresh meaning. Printed manuals for the teaching of lettering and handwriting quickly appeared, marketed to a growing literate readership anxious to express humanistic values through fine writing. Mixing the aesthetics of calligraphy with innovative new means of printing, writing manuals thus reflect both the proliferation of print technology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0914630180
• ISBN13: 9780914630180
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Houghton Library
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.9"