The Practice of Letters: The Hofer Collection of Writing Manuals, 1514-1800 by Harvard College Library, David P. Becker

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

Harvard College Library, David P. Becker

152 pages • first pub 2005 (view editions)

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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 a...

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