Item #436084 Splendour of ornament / by Stanley Morison. Specimens selected from the Essempio di recammi, the first Italian manual of decoration, Venice 1524 by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, his life and literary remains, the Essempio di recammi and his typographical style by Esther Potter. Pref. by Berthold Wolpe. Stanley Morison.

Splendour of ornament / by Stanley Morison. Specimens selected from the Essempio di recammi, the first Italian manual of decoration, Venice 1524 by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, his life and literary remains, the Essempio di recammi and his typographical style by Esther Potter. Pref. by Berthold Wolpe

1968, First Edition. London : Lion and Unicorn Press. Fine copy bound in textured cloth, stored in a lightly worn slipcase. Limited and numbered edition: No. 175. Item #436084

Physical description; 72 pages color illustrations 27 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Subjects; Tagliente, Giovanni Antonio. Tagliente, G. A. Royal College of Art Lion and Unicorn Press. Lion and Unicorn Press.

Price: €75.00

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