Calligraphy
Watercolors,Medievalism,Decorated Initials,Medieval Letter Forms,Coats of Arms,Medieval Manuscripts
United States: c.1928. The sketchbook of an unnamed American artist and presumed bibliophile, with dozens of original watercolors, drawings, and sketches copied from or inspired by medieval manuscripts and im250agery. The individual replicated medieval letter forms and decorated initials with accuracy, bright color and gold paint to mimic gilding; some.....
Price: $250.00
Artistic Penmanship, Works by Children
Northampton, MA: 1865. 4 leaves. Elaborately decorated cover with gilt enhanced illustrated of boy conquering a mountain. He carries a flag reading "Excelsior". He has penned "Mastr Richard Clarke Burnham School. June 1845" in the cartouche. A large format album with decorative border designs printed in different colors with different.....
Price: $700.00
Autographs, Calligraphic Drawing, Riverhead NY
Riverhead, Long Island: c.1878. The autograph book of Addie [Raynor?], resident in Riverhead, Long Island, New York c.1878. Includes a very fine calligraphic drawing by Usher B. Howell done in ink and gilt; Howell would go on to be President of the Riverhead Bank. Four leaves of loose autograph leaves.....
Price: $400.00
Micro calligraphy,Southern Bivouac,Transcription,Miniature and Artistic Penmanship
Louisville, Kentucky: 1886. A lovely example of "Microcalligraphy", done on a postal card postmarked September 1886 and addressed in ink to "Miss Rinnie[?] H. Seavits[?]" of North Parsonfield, Maine. The title of the transcribed work is "Custer at the Surrender". A note at the bottom reads, "There are now 1,708.....
Price: $950.00
Calligraphic Writing,Tokens
United States: 19th century. Eight (8) hand-lettered calling cards/tokens of friendship, displaying a range of techniques and artistic skill. Nicely represents the 19th century practice of calligraphic drawing, especially in the example lettered "Hettie Lee", which employs five different ink colors and calligraphic flourishes. Other imagery includes a ship at.....
Price: $175.00
Land development, menu
The banquet was held under the auspices of the Tax Payer’s Association. The first page of the menu is an image from a photograph of Geissenhainer. The second page is a tribute acknowledging Geissenhainer’s philanthropy, civic interests, broadmindedness…welfare and prosperity of the community in which he dwells…” The next page.....
Price: $150.00
Pen and Ink Drawing, Made by Hand, Poetry
c1880. 15" x 12" Bristolboard card with The Old Oaken Bucket done in fine calligraphy. The caption at top reads "To Messrs Doherty Bros. Respectfully Inscribed. A pen and ink drawing of a young boy dropping the oaken bucket into the well with gilt border. Elaborate floral border decoration. A......
Price: $825.00
Illuminated Calligraphy, In Memoriam, Made by Hand
Cornwall: 1887. A 13 1/2" x 10 3/4" card with illustrated calligraphy reading "Our Darling Elsi __ Mors Janua Vitae--Talitha cumi" Translating to Death is the gateway to (everlasting) life -- and Little maid, arise (a Syriac or Aramaic expression. Crests of Agnus Dei and IHS. Adorned with dried forget-me-nots.....
Price: $350.00
Friends School,Quakerism,Penmanship and Calligraphy
Providence, Rhode Island: 1850s? Three (3) samples of fine penmanship/calligraphy taken from the copy book of a student at the Friends School in Providence, Rhode Island (now "Moses Brown School"). The school was founded in 1784 with a curriculum based on the Religious Society of Friends (Quakerism). The three penmanship.....
Price: $125.00
Modern Calligraphy,Ten Commandments,Hebrew
United States: 1970s. A set of three (3) decorative posters, hand-recording the Ten Commandments in modern calligraphy in three different Hebrew scripts: "Script of the Dead Sea Scrolls 1st Century"; "Rashi Script 14th Century"; and "Script of the Scribes from 1500". Each measures approx. 14.25" by 9", and has been.....
Price: $250.00
Hand lettered,Calligraphic flourishes,Love Poetry
United States: 1870s. A hand-lettered love poem "To Frederick", with calligraphic flourishes at the foot. Note the lettering, which mimics printed type; replicating letter forms with serifs in ink by hand is harder than it looks, and shows concerted effort. On lined blue paper measuring approx. 5.75" by 5.75" Oh.....
Price: $125.00
VendOmeter business, business history, vending machines
1928. Three (3) VendOmeter journals January-February 1928, Vol. 2 Nos. 1-2: features the "New Automatic Vendometer Serve-Yourself Drinking Fountain", photographs of the New York Executive Offices, and articles on company. March-April 1928, Vol. 2 No. 3-4: features information about their first store "In Process of Construction at 42nd Street &.....
Price: $100.00
Manuscript Meditation,Death and Memento Mori
United States: 1840s? A small scrap of paper, carefully penned in ink manuscript with a meditation on death and remembrance. Rendered more charming by the author's need to squeeze the last few letters of "remember me" above the first line. It reads in full: "When this you see remember me.....
Price: $125.00
Penmanship, Calligraphic Drawing
Concord, New Hampshire: National School of Business, c1900. Printed advertisement for E.L. Glick's National School of Business, with a striking visual: an engraved reproduction of a calligraphic drawing of a horse, made almost entirely of flourishes. Aside from being the proprietor of one of the most successful business schools of.....
Price: $275.00
Engrossing, Correspondence Course, Typography
Scranton PA: The International Correspondence Schools, 1899. A single-fold large format instruction on Lettering Plate, Title: German Text. One page depicts the text in upper and lower case. June 25, 1893. John Smith, Class No 4529. The following 2pp. is a comprehensive narrative providing basic information on the letters and.....
Price: $100.00