A Treatise on HAND LETTERING for Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and students of Mechanical Drawing

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A Treatise on HAND LETTERING for Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and students of Mechanical Drawing; by Wilfrid J. Lineham, Head of the Engineering Department, University of London Goldsmiths College, author of A Text Book of Mechanical Engineering; Chapman and Hall, Lth., London, 1915. In the introduction of the book the list of interested parties is expanded to include Decorators, Sign Writers, Advertisement Writers, Poster Designers, Kinematograph Film Writers, Sculptors, etc. From the Preface Up to the present it has been difficult to obtain good practical knowledge on hand lettering in any country, and nothing, so far as I am aware, has been produced in the British Empire excepting cheap exercise books for students, containing very insufficient instruction for the actual needs of drawing offices. The object of this book is to minister to those needs by means of direct practice in the kinds of lettering most required by engineers, architects, and surveyors. This book consists of a description of the text as outlined in the following descriptive exercise, for students to copy. This goes on for some 200 pages. At the end of the text there are 4 pull-out pages demonstrating the actual use of the prescribed handwritten letters in documents. It is likely that there are examples of text never seen today. This large format book, 282 pages measuring 310mm X 205mm is in very-good condition. The binding has two torn sections between the spine and front cover measuring 30mm and 15mm. Nevertheless, the book is very sound, and the entire text block is free of any discoloration and foxing. A very scarce volume on calligraphy that is in very collectible condition. This large volume may require additional postage. N° de ref. del artículo 2388b

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