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of books, pamphlets and journals in the WCG Library
ITALIC CALLIGRAPHY:
Atkins, Kathryn A. Masters of the Italic Letter: Twenty-Two Exemplars from
the Sixteenth Century. Boston: David R. Godine, 1988.
Baker, Arthur. Arthur Baker's Copybook of Renaissance Calligraphy (Mercator's
Italic Hand). New York: Dover, 1981.
Benson, John Howard. The First Writing Book: An English Translation &
Facsimile Text of Arrighi's Operina. 1954; reprint, New Haven: Yale
University Press, 1977.
Blunt, Wilfrid. Handwriting: A Practical Approach to the Italic Hand. London:
James Barrie, 1955.
Dubay, Inga and Barbara Getty. Italic Letters: Calligraphy & Handwriting. New
York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1984.
Dumpleton, John Le F. Handwriting. 1955; reprint, London: Hodder & Stoughton,
1977.
Eager, Fred. The Italic Way to Beautiful Handwriting: Cursive and Italic.
1967; reprint, New York: Collier Books, 1976.
Eager, Fred and George Miller. Guide to Italic Handwriting (with Capitals by
George Miller). Caledonia, New York: Italimuse, 1963.
Fairbank, Alfred. How to Teach the Italic Hand Through the Beacon Writing
Books. London: Ginn and Company, 1963.
Gourdie, Tom. Italic Handwriting. 4th Revised Edition ed. 1955; reprint, New
York: Taplinger, 1986.
Harvard, Stephen. An Italic Copybook: The Cataneo Manuscript. First Edition
ed. New York: Taplinger, 1981.
Knudsen, Carolyn. An Italic Calligraphy Handbook. Owings Mills, MD: Stemmer
House, 1985.
Lehman, Charles. Italic Handwriting & Calligraphy for the Beginner: A Craft
Manual. New York: Taplinger, 1981.
Nemoy, Maury and Carol. Calligraphy: The Study of Letterforms--Italic. New
York: Collier Books (MacMillan), 1985.
Osley, A.S., ed. Calligraphy and Palaeography: Essays Presented to Alfred
Fairbank on His 70th Birthday. New York: October House, 1966.
Pentalic Corporation. Platignum Italic Instruction Copy Book (Handbook for
Platignum Italic Set). New York: Pentalic Corporation.
Reynolds, Lloyd J. Italic Calligraphy & Handwriting: Exercises & Text. New
York: Pentalic, 1969.
Stoner, Charles. Beautiful Italic Writing Made Easy. Philadelphia: Hunt
Svaren, Jacqueline and Fran Kievet Babon, illustrator. Lojor's Letters: A
Space-Age Story About a Boy & a Gnome & Learning Italic Handwriting.
Woolwich, Maine: Thea Wheelwright, 1981.
Wellington, Irene. The Irene Wellington Copy Book. 1957; reprint, New York:
Pentalic, 1977.
Winters, Eleanor and Laurie E. Lico. Calligraphy in Ten Easy Lessons. New
York: Simon & Schuster, 1884.
Addiss, Stephen. The Art of Zen: Paintings and Calligraphy by Japanese Monks,
1600-1925. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989.
Björkstén, Johan. Learn to Write Chinese Characters. New Haven: Yale
University Press, 1994.
Diringer, David. The Book Before Printing: Ancient, Medieval and Oriental.
1953; reprint, New York: Dover, 1982.
Earnshaw, C. J. Sho: Japanese Calligraphy. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E.
Tuttle, 1988.
Fazzioli, Edoardo and Rebecca Hon Ko, calligrapher. Chinese Calligraphy -
From Pictograph to Ideogram: The History of 214 Essential Chinese/
Japanese Characters. New York: Abbeville Publishing Group, 1987.
Safadi, Y.H. Islamic Calligraphy. Boulder, Colorado: Shambhala, 1979.
Self, James and Nobuko Hirose. Japanese Art Signatures: A Handbook and
Practical Guide. 1987; reprint, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1988.
Uyehara, Cecil H. Japanese Calligraphy: A Bibliographic Study. New York:
University Press of America, 1991.
Welch, Stuart Cary. Persian Painting: Five Royal Safavid Manuscripts of the
Sixteenth Century. New York: George Braziller, 1976.
Yee, Chiang. Chinese Calligraphy: An Introduction to Its Aesthetic and
Technique. 1938; reprint, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982.
Zakariya, Mohamed U. Observations on Islamic Calligraphy (In Conjunction with
an Exhibit at the Library of Congress, May 15 - July 15, 1978) (Pamphlet),1978.
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