Nova arte de escrever offerecida oa Principe Nosso Senhor, para instrucção da mocidade...
by AROÚJO, ANTÓNIO JACINTO DE
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Lisboa, (Na officina de Antonio Gomes), 1794. 25 pages letterpress text and 25 engraved plates (including the allegorical frontispiece of Lisbon after a design by Jeronymo de Barros-Ferreira, and engraved second titlepage). Engraved armorial device on letterpress title, 1 engraved figure and 13 wood-engraved initials in the lettepress part showing architectural motifs. Oblong folio. Contemporary full calf (slightly rubbed and some damage to bottom of spine). Some light ink stains and two bits of paper missing from the margin without touching the engravings. A good copy of a beautiful work.
Aroujo was a Portuguese calligrapher and a Professor of Writing and Arithmetic as is stated on the titlepage. He also was a Correspondent of the Imperial Academy of Science in St. Petersburg. The plates are dated from 1783 to 1790. The majority were engraved by José Lúcio da Costa; four were engraved by Manuel da Silva Godinho. Xavier Costa, Bibliografia Artistica Portuguesa, 124 says: "The 25 prints that it carries represent several specimens of calligraphy and ornamentation cleverly designed. Rare." [c.f. Bonacini 93; Becer: Hofer Collection 146; Marzoli 72; Jammes 81; Hutton 5; Costa 124]
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- Title
- Nova arte de escrever offerecida oa Principe Nosso Senhor, para instrucção da mocidade...
- Author
- AROÚJO, ANTÓNIO JACINTO DE
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Lisbon
- Date Published
- 1794
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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