The story of handwriting; origins and development / Alfred Fairbank

Identifier:REF.CL.2455

Dimensions:108 p. illus. (part col.) 22 cm

Copyright dates:1970

Description:"...Alfred Fairbank traces the history of writing form its beginning in Sumer, Egypt, and Chian, to the present day. He discusses the deciphering of ancient scripts, the Phoenician invention of the alphabet, the Latin, Carolingian, Mediaeval, and Renaissance scripts, as well as print-script, the italic hand of today, and the revival of formal calligraphy to which he himself has contributed so much..." -- description on front flap

4 color plates; 38 monochrome illustrations; 21 line drawings. Includes bibliography (p. 102-103).