num_pages: 60
description: First edition. By studying ancient manuscripts and comparing them to inscriptions carved in stone, the author has rediscovered the system of strokes that is an essential feature of the Roman alphabet. In this book he presents the letters the way they were intended to be written when they were living forms. Foreword by Philip Bouwsma, renowned calligrapher and historian. Dust jacket heavily rubbed with tears along edges and piece missing at top of front cover. viii , 60 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 4to..
language: English
title: The Roman Alphabet
titlecomplete: The Roman Alphabet
publisher: Art Direction Book Company