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164. (Calligraphy) Henning, William E. AN ELEGANT HAND,
THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN PENMANSHIP &
CALLIGRAPHY. Edited by Paul Melzer. New Castle, DE: Oak
Knoll Press, 2006, 4to., cloth, dust jacket. 320 pages. ISBN
9781584560678. $59.95 $44.96
This work chronicles the history of the Golden Age of American
penmanship and calligraphy. The author guides the reader through the
lives and careers of some of the most important American penmen,
including Platt Rogers Spencer, the Father of American Handwriting, and
Spencer's gifted student, George A. Gaskell, whose books and periodicals
reached hundreds of thousands of students throughout the second half of
the 1800s. Paul Melzer, the editor of this work, added more than 400
examples taken from original specimens to handsomely illustrate
Henning's manuscript. [Order No. 68991]
165. (Leers, Reinier) ELEVEN CATALOGUES BY REINIER
LEERS 1692-1709. WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND IN-
DEXES BY H.H.M. VAN LIESHOUT AND O.S. LANKHORST. Utrecht: HES & DE GRAAF, 1992,
22x15 cm, stiff paper wrappers. 375 pages. ISBN 9789061940081. $195.00 $146.25
Facsimile of this series of bookseller catalogues issued over the period 1692-1709. Leers (1664-1714) was a
bookseller/publisher in Rotterdam. This series of catalogues contain 4419 items. Catalogi Redivivi VII. With
statistical analysis. Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. [Order No.
103275]
166. (Bookbinding) Foot, Mirjam M. (editor). ELOQUENT WITNESSES, BOOKBINDINGS AND
THEIR HISTORY. New Castle and London: Oak Knoll Press, The Bibliographical Society and The
British Library, 2004, large 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 328 pages. ISBN 9781584561170. $65.00 $48.75
First edition. This work is a collection of well-written essays that demonstrates the change in direction the study of
bookbinding has taken. Much of the work is based on observation of bookbinding techniques and materials, as
well as a close study of decorative tools and the ways in which these were used to reflect the styles and fashions of
their day. The place of the binder in the whole network of the book trade is also discussed against the wider
cultural and political background in which books, as vehicles that carried ideas forward, are the visible, creditable
and eloquent witnesses. Contributors to the book include Giles Barber, Carmen Blacker, Christian Coppens,
Mirjam Foot, David Pearson, Nicholas Pickwoad, Nicholas Poole-Wilson, Esther Potter, Jan Storm van Leeuwen
and Marianne Tidcombe. With 101 black-and-white and 8 color plate pages. Co-published with The
Bibliographical Society and The British Library. Sales Rights: North and South America only; available elsewhere
from The British Library. [Order No. 76293]
167. Glaister, Geoffrey Ashall. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BOOK. With a new introduction by
Donald Farren. New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2001, small 4to., cloth, dust jacket. 576 pages. ISBN
9781884718151. $75.00 $56.25
Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1979. The breadth of this work is remarkable. Encyclopedia contains almost 4,000 terms
and definitions used in bookbinding, printing, papermaking and the book trade. Biographical details of printers,
authors, bookbinders and bibliophiles are included as well as precise notes on machinery and equipment, famous
books, printing societies, book-related organizations, customs of the trade and other related information. This
work aims at providing "a reference companion to be constantly available during the study or processes of
bookmaking" and is particularly essential for the "bibliophile, apprentice printer and binder, publisher, bookseller,
papermaker or librarian." However, all those involved in the profession or study of books and publishing will find
this book indispensable. Encyclopedia is equipped with five appendices, showing type specimens, Latin place
names used in the imprints of early-printed books, surveys of contemporary private presses, illustrations of proof
correction symbols and a list of the works consulted in the preparation of this book. Sales rights: Available outside
the UK from Oak Knoll Books. Available in the UK from The British Library. [Order No. 42509]
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