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A handwriting manual: PB 5-2013

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A handwriting manual

Maker(s)

Author: Blunt, Wilfrid
Publisher: Dryad Press

Categories

Description

34 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Manuscript note on handwriting by Wilfrid Blunt pasted inside front cover.

Place(s) associated

  • Leicester

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2013-11) by Hall, David J.

Dating

Production date: AD 1932

Note

"350 copies set in 12-point Bell and printed at Whittington on Zerkall mould-made paper. 300 copies are bound in paper printed with a design by the artist, and 50 copies are bound in quarter leather with a portfolio containing 12 of the engravings."--Colophon. Museum has copy no 150, signed by the artist. Binding: quarter rust-coloured cloth with tan paper sides. With special extending dutjacket showing panoramic view of Whittington.

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 5-2013
Primary reference Number: 197502
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Friday 29 November 2013 Updated: Friday 28 November 2014 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

Citation for print

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