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TAGLIENTE, Giovanni Antonio (1465/70-after 1527). Lo presente libro insegna la vera arte delo excellente scrivere de diverse varie sorte de litere. Venice, 1525.
4o (203 x 142 mm). Collation: A-G4. 28 leaves. Italic type, occasional Roman, Greek and Rotunda types. Woodcut calligraphic title, 28 full-page cuts of calligraphic examples, including 7 printed in white on black back grounds, 5 smaller calligraphic samples, one full-page cut of writing equipment, the woodcuts by Eustachio Celebrino after Tagliente, woodcut initials, one large white-on-black grotesque initial used twice, the remainder mostly white-on-black with knotwork decoration. (Minor mostly marginal staining and soiling, G1 and G2 with a few repaired slits affecting text.) Old vellum. Provenance: Hans Gutacker (ownership inscription on pastedown); acquired from Lathrop C. Harper, 1974.
Fourth edition of one of the most influential writing manuals of the 16th century, among the most beautiful of all calligraphy manuals. Tagliente served as writing master to the Venetian Chancery, and he had his manuals published for the use of diplomatic scribes. Hence the inclusion of models and instructions for a variety of European scripts as well as Hebrew (strikingly engraved in white letters on a criblé black ground), Arabic, and Gothic letters. The brilliant woodcuts by Celebrino were used in the 1524 edition. Bonacini 1810; Essling 2184; A.F. Johnson, Catalogue of Italian Writing-Books, p. 21; Sander 7165.
4o (203 x 142 mm). Collation: A-G4. 28 leaves. Italic type, occasional Roman, Greek and Rotunda types. Woodcut calligraphic title, 28 full-page cuts of calligraphic examples, including 7 printed in white on black back grounds, 5 smaller calligraphic samples, one full-page cut of writing equipment, the woodcuts by Eustachio Celebrino after Tagliente, woodcut initials, one large white-on-black grotesque initial used twice, the remainder mostly white-on-black with knotwork decoration. (Minor mostly marginal staining and soiling, G1 and G2 with a few repaired slits affecting text.) Old vellum. Provenance: Hans Gutacker (ownership inscription on pastedown); acquired from Lathrop C. Harper, 1974.
Fourth edition of one of the most influential writing manuals of the 16th century, among the most beautiful of all calligraphy manuals. Tagliente served as writing master to the Venetian Chancery, and he had his manuals published for the use of diplomatic scribes. Hence the inclusion of models and instructions for a variety of European scripts as well as Hebrew (strikingly engraved in white letters on a criblé black ground), Arabic, and Gothic letters. The brilliant woodcuts by Celebrino were used in the 1524 edition. Bonacini 1810; Essling 2184; A.F. Johnson, Catalogue of Italian Writing-Books, p. 21; Sander 7165.