The calligrapher's handbook
Subtitle: essays
By: by M.C. Oliver ... [et al]. ; edited by C.M. Lamb.
Contributors: Lamb, Cecil Mortimer, 1890-
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 1956
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Calligraphy.; Lettering.; Illumination of books and manuscripts.; Bookbinding.
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 241-247.
Table of contents: value: Pens, pencils, brushes, knives / W. Bishop; value: Pigments and media / D. Hutton; value: Ink / M.T. Fisher; value: Skins, papers, pounces / M.L. Hodgson; value: Gilding / I. Base; value: The design of formal scripts / J. Woodcock; value: The design of manuscript books and inscriptions / M.C. Oliver; value: Heraldry in illuminated manuscripts / W.M. Gardner; value: Cursive handwriting / A. Fairbank; value: The binding of manuscripts / S.M. Cockerell; value: The development of illumination / M.C. Oliver; value: Illumination and decoration / D. Hutton; value: A note on simple binding / B. Wolpe.