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Arthur Baker's Copybook of Renaissance Calligraphy: Mercator's Italic Hand
Arthur Baker's Copybook of Renaissance Calligraphy Mercator's Italic Hand
Author: Arthur Baker
Gerhardus Mercator, who lived 1512 - 1594, was the greatest of the Renaissance geographers, best known for the map projection that bears his name. It is less commonly known that the was also a fine calligrapher-- the Flemish peer of such Italian masters as Arrighi, Palatino, Cresci and Tagliente. Mercator particularly admired the humanistic curs...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780486241623
ISBN-10: 0486241629
Publication Date: 1981
Pages: 32
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Publisher: Dover Pubns
Book Type: Paperback
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