American Text Book for Letters...with the Most Correct Method for Producing Them with the Pen, Brush, Chisel or Graver. 3rd Edition.

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American Text Book for Letters...with the Most Correct Method for Producing Them with the Pen, Brush, Chisel or Graver. 3rd Edition.

Nathaniel Dearborn (American, 1786–1852)

1846

Place of Publication: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 47 engravings

Dimensions Overall: 12.8 x 20.5 x 2 cm (5 1/16 x 8 1/16 x 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of Maxim Karolik

Accession Number2006.1870

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

Boston: Nathl. Dearborn [1846]

Catalogue Raisonné R. Nash, American Penmanship 1800-1850, no. 302

Description(Boston: Nathl. Dearborn [1846]) Oblong octavo; engraved title, engraved dedication, three letterpress leaves, engraved part title, 45 [of 46] engraved plates numbered 8-52 [lacking 33], letterpress pp. 53-101, two letterpress leaves of advertisements; original publisher's half green morocco, printed yellow paper boards.

Samples of penmanship and decorative penwork.

ProvenanceOld ownership inscription on upper cover ("Charles F. [Po...] / Stratford / Conn."); Maxim Karolik (1893-1963), by whom bequeathed to MFA [accessioned November 15, 2006].