Thesauro de scrittori : opera artificiosa laquale con grandissima arte, si per pratica come per geometria insegna a scriuere diuerse sorte littere : cioe cancellarescha, merchantescha, formata, cursiua, antiqua, moderna, et bastarda de piu sorte : cum uarij e bellissimi exempli ... / tutte extratte da diuersi et probatissimi auttori & massimamente da lo preclarissimo Sigismundo Fanto ... ; intagliata per Ugo da Carpi.

Author
Carpi, Ugo da, 1480-approximately 1532 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
Italian
Published/​Created
[Rome? : Antonio Blado?], 1535.
Description
[96] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

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    Notes
    • Designated as "first issue" of this edition in Osley, cited below.
    • Signatures: A²⁴.
    • Incorporates examples from Arrighi and Tagliente.
    References
    • Becker, D.P. Practice of letters, 12
    • Bonacini, C. Bib. delle arti scrittorie, 1913
    • Johnson, A.F. Catalogue of Italian writing books. (Signature, n.s. 10 (1950), p. 22-47) p. 31
    • Osley, A.S. The variant issues of Ugo da Carpi's Thesauro de scrittori. (Quaerendo, 3 (1973), p.170-191), p. 184
    Place name(s)
    Italy Rome.
    OCLC
    36848729
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