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Draughtsman's Alphabets. A Series of Plain & Ornamental Alphabets... K&E.

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Draughtsman's Alphabets. A Series of Plain and Ornamental Alphabets Designed especially for Engineers, Architects, Draughtsmen, Engravers, Painters etc. By Hermann Esser. Published by Keuffel and Esser, Co., New York, (no date, ca. 1907-1915.) Fourteenth Edition. Entered...in the year 1877... Oblong 4to hardcover (7" high x 10-3/4".) Green cloth, gilt titled and center vignette decoration on front board; red top edge. Title plate followed by 31 numbered plates, 1 advertisement. PDF on file. As the 14th edition of an 1877 copyright edition/ Date is derived from an ad on the leaf following plate 31: "General Office and Factories, Hoboken, N.J." This description was first used in 1907 when the company moved its executive offices from New York to Hoboken. oblong 4to cloth

2008.012.0093

2008.012

Lukacs, Claire

Gift

Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.

Esser, Hermann

14th edition

Keuffel & Esser Co.

New York

1907 - 1915

Date: 1907-1915 Copy No.: 1

Good

Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2008-06-25

front board
title plate Plate 1, Roman Plate 2, Italic Plate 3, Block Plate 4, Egyptian Plate 5, Italian Print Plate 6, French Print Plate 7, Engrossing Plate 8, Text Hand Plate 8, German Text Plate 10, Old English Plate 11, German Gothic Plate 12, Church Gothic Plate 13, Flemish Plate 14, Church Text Plate 15, Rustic Plate 16, IIth [Eleventh] Century Plate 17, XII th (Twelfth) Century Plate 18, XVI th (Sixteenth) Century Plate 19, 17th (Seventeenth) Century Plate 20, Gothic Initials Plate 21, Egyptian Plate 22, Letters Variously Shaded Plate 23, Ornamental Plate 24, Monograms Plate 25, Titles Plate 26, Corners Plate 27, North Points Plate 28, Conventional Signs Plate 29, Conventional Signs Plate 30, Hill Shading Plate 31, Hill Shading advertisement leaf with Hoboken address Draughtsman's Alphabets. A Series of Plain & Ornamental Alphabets... K&E. picture number 35