2. Human Alphabets 2
( 1515 – 1847)
• Alfabeto in Sogno by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (1683)
• Nova Alphati effictio by De Bry’s (1595)
• Alphabet based on human forms (c.1520)
• Grotesque alphabet in mythological landscapes by Giacomo Paolini (c. 1570)
• Latin majuscule alphabet with mythological scenes by Antonius Sylvius (c. 1550-1599)
• Alfabeto di Lettere Iniziali by Mauro Poggi (c. 1730)
• Opera dianto nella quale vedrete molte caratteri di lettere by Antonio Schiratti (1600-
1615)
• Seven initial letters from the Lufft Bible (1534)
• Historiated initials by Andreas Vesalius (1543)
• Alphabet book by John Scottowe (c.1575-1600)
• Fifteen letters from a Greek majuscule alphabet by Jacob Faber (1524)
• Five letters from a Greek majuscule alphabet by Hans Holbein the Younger (c.1515-1540)
• Eight letters from a Greek majuscule alphabet with scenes from the Dance of Death by
Hans Holbein the Younger (c.1515-1530)
• 13 initial letters by Anton Woensam (c.1527)
• The Children's Alphabet by Hans Weiditz the Younger (1521)
3. • Initial letter L from Perrault's 'Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire des plantes ' by Sébastien
Leclerc (c.1676)
• Dance of Death alphabet by Hans Holbein the Younger (1526)
• Letters from a German bible printed in 1584
• Ornamented Roman Majuscule Alphabet by Daniel Hopfer (c. 1520)
• Champ fleury by Geoffroy Tory (1529)
• Menschenalphabet by Peter Flötner (1534)
• Anthropomorphic alphabet by Peter Flötner (c.1540)
• The Human Alphabet by Amman Jost (1567)
• Human Alphabet by Martin Weigel (c. 1533 - 1580)
• Human figure alphabet by Johann Theodor de Bry (1596)
• Human form alphabet by Giacomo Franco (1596)
• Guide to Constructing the Letters by Joris Hoefnagel (c. 1591-1596)
• 16th Century alphabet by anknown
• Alfabeto Figurato by Giovanni Battista Bracelli (1632)
• An Alphabet of Organic Type by Jan Christian Bierpfaff (c.1650)
• Initials letters by Wenceslas Hollar (c.1625 - 1670)
• Newes ABC Buchlein by Lucas Kilian (1627)
• Historiated initials by Francis Barlow from Edward Benlowes’ Theophila (1652)
• Historiated Alphabet by Valerio Spada (c.1656 – 1659)
4. • Initial letters L, V from Félibien's 'Tapisseries du Roi, où sont représentez les quatre
élémens et les quatre saisons' by Sébastien Leclerc (c.1670)
• Initial letters A, L from Perrault's 'Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des animaux'
by Sébastien Leclerc (c.1671)
• Initial letter S, with Alexander the Great by Sébastien Leclerc (c.1684)
• Initial letters from Les Actions glorieuses de S. A. S. Charles Duc de Lorraine by Sébastien
Leclerc (c.1703-1704)
• Initial letters C, L from Félibien's 'Histoire de l'abbaye royale de Saint-Denys en France' by
Sébastien Leclerc (c.1706)
• Initial letters from Baluze's 'Histoire généalogique de la Maison d'Auvergne by Sébastien
Leclerc (c.1708)
• Ornamental design for the letter B by Gilles-Marie Oppenord (c. 1720)
• Anatomical Alphabet from Myotomia Reformata (1724)
• Alphabet by Cornelis van Noorde (1741)
• Alphabet Letters by Martin Engelbrecht (18th century)
• German Alphabet with Fantastic Figures by Jeremias Wachsmuth (c.1750)
• Alphabet decorated letters Rococo-Baroque by Jeremias Wachsmuth (c. 1750)
• Decorated Roman alphabet by Johann David Nessenthaler (c. 1756)
• Vita di S. Filippo Neri by Giuseppe Filosi (1757)
• The Comical Hotch-Potch, or The Alphabet Turn'd Posture-Master (1782)
• Alphabeth de la Bourbonnoise (1789)
5. • The Man of Letters or Pierrot's Alphabet (1794)
• Clerical Calendar by Richard Newton (1795)
• Armenian flowery alphabet by Edmund Fry (1799)
• Les polichinelles utiles ou l'origine des lettres (1826)
• Letter Y from an Alphabet Primer by Victor Adam (1832)
• Alphabet en énigme by Victor Adam (c.1820 - 1860)
• Ornamental lettrines by Napoléon Landais (1834)
• Alphabet diabolique by Jean Midolle (1834)
• Alphabet diabolique by Jean Midolle (1837)
• Alphabet diabolique by Michel Delaporte (1836)
• Alphabet comique de Daumier (1836)
• The Landscape Alphabet by Charles Joseph Hullmandel (c. 1818-1860)
• Comic Alphabet by George Cruikshank (1836)
• The Comic Alphabet by Percy Cruikshank (1847)
• Alphabet Les Cris de Paris n°1 (c.1845)
75. Alphabet based on human forms (c.1520)
• Alphabet based on human forms, from the manuscript 'The Tudor pattern
book‘, which it is part-bestiary, part-herbal and an important visual record of
early cultivated plants, produced in East Anglia in about 1520 -1530.
MS. Ashmole 1504, folio 045v, Bodleian Library (University of Oxford),
Oxford, United Kingdom.
• http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/2564152597_4645e447b8_o.jpg
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliodyssey/2564152597/sizes/o/in/photostream/
• http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2009/10/tudor-pattern-book.html
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliodyssey/sets/72157622597951362/
• http://bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet/view/all/what/MS.%20Ashmole%201504?pgs=50&os=50
116. Alfabeto di Lettere Iniziali
by Mauro Poggi (c. 1730)
• Mauro Poggi Italian artist who drew Alfabeto di Lettere Iniziali (ca.1730),
ornamental caps with scrolls and flourishes and then inhabited by satyrs,
mermaids, Medusa heads, birds, cats, dogs, snakes, and other creatures.
The letters were designed by Poggi, drawn in ink by Andrea Bimbi, and
engraved by Lorenzo Lorenzi. (there were 24 letters, rather than 26,
because i and j were the same letter, and because there was no w).
A digital version was done by Jose Jimenez in 2010 called Mauro Poggi
ornamental caps.
• http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k94009835
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliodyssey/sets/72157603828682421/with/2232981174/
• http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2008/02/ornamental-typography.html
• http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/JoseJimenez--MauroPoggiOrnamentalCaps-2010.gif
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/odisea2008/with/2867896177/
• http://www.odisea2008.com/2008/09/caligrafa-el-arte-de-la-escritura-ii.html
• http://www.antonioraimogalleries.com/shop/raimo/author/Mauro%20Poggi.%20Alphabet..html
• http://www.sothebys.com/content/dam/stb/lots/L12/L12402/416L12402_6FYH2.jpg
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142. Opera dianto nella quale vedrete molte caratteri
di lettere by Antonio Schiratti (c.1600-1615)
• Opera Dianto Nella Quale Vedrete Molte Caratteri di Lettere' (work through
which you will see many characters {examples, styles?} of letters).
This imaginative calligraphy copybook-come-illuminated manuscript
practice manual was produced in the city of Perugia (in Umbria, Italy)
between 1600 and 1615 by the scribe Antonio Schiratti.
Plimpton MS 298, Columbia University's Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
• http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2008/12/perugia-scribe.html
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliodyssey/with/3096194289/
• http://app.cul.columbia.edu:8080/exist/scriptorium/individual/NNC-RBML-1104.xml?showLightbox=yes
• http://marinni.livejournal.com/275087.html#cutid1
173. Historiated initials
by Andreas Vesalius 1543
• Historiated initials from De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the
Human Body) (Basil, 1543) by Andreas Vesalius (Andreas van Wesel)
(1514 -1564) a Flemish-born anatomist , physician, and author.
• http://hsci.cas.ou.edu/galleries/16thCentury/Vesalius/1543-initials/
• http://hsci.ou.edu/exhibits/exhibit.php?exbgrp=-999&exbid=48&exbpg=13#figure11text
• http://hsci.ou.edu/images/jpg-100dpi-10in/16thCentury/Vesalius/1543-initials/Vesalius-1543-Q-001.jpg
• http://hsci.ou.edu/images/jpg-100dpi-10in/16thCentury/Vesalius/1543-initials/Vesalius-1543-O-1.jpg
• http://www.vesaliusfabrica.com/en/original-fabrica/the-art-of-the-fabrica/historiated-capitals.html
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Decorated_initials_from_De_humani_corporis_fabrica
• http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Vesalius-Fabrica/index2.html
232. The Children's Alphabet 1521 by Hans
Weiditz the Younger
• The Children's Alphabet 1521 by Hans Weiditz the Younger, (1495 -
c.1537), a German artist.
• http://www.art-wallpaper.com/24707/Weiditz+Hans/The+childrens+alphabet+Block+1?Width=1024&Height=768
• http://www.art-wallpaper.com/24708/Weiditz+Hans/The+childrens+alphabet+Block+2?Width=1024&Height=768
• http://mindgazer.deviantart.com/art/Block-Font-26064177
• http://mindgazer.deviantart.com/art/Block-Font-two-26064635
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235. Ornamented Roman Majuscule Alphabet
by Daniel Hopfer c. 1520
• Ornamented Roman Majuscule Alphabet c. 1520 by the German artist
Daniel Hopfer (1471–1536).
Etching
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/338480
236.
237. Letters from a German bible
printed at Witenberg in 1584
• From a German bible on the British museum printed at Witenberg in 1584.
• From: The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest
Times.
By W. R. Tymms, with an Essay and Instructions by M. D. Wyatt, Architect.
London. Published April 2nd 1860 by Day and Son, Lithographers to the
Queen.
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/49879584@N00/5012813365/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/49879584@N00/page7/
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243. Champ fleury by Geoffroy Tory 1529
• Champfleury subtitled “The Art and Science of the Proportion of the Attic or
Ancient Roman Letters By : Geofroy Tory (ca. 1480-1533).
In 1529, Geofroy Tory, French scholar, engraver, printer, publisher and poet,
was publishing the well known so called Champ Fleury, printed by Gilles de
Gourmond, in Paris. The poetic title of his book translates literally as
“flowery fields”; written as a single word, champfleury is an old French idiom
for “paradise.”
It is a fully illustrated handbook where the author explains how to draw
Roman characters.
Bibliothèque nationale de France.
• http://expositions.bnf.fr/tory/livres/champ_fleury/index.htm
• http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k50961p/f49.planchecontact
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaarwel/6771067481/sizes/l/
• http://bm.mairie-metz.fr/sitebm/commun/patrimoine/gravissime/premices.htm
• http://bm.mairie-metz.fr/sitebm/commun/patrimoine/gravissime/images/champfleury.jpg
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247. Menschenalphabet (The Human
Alphabet) by Peter Flötner (1534)
• Menschenalphabet (The Human Alphabet ) 1534 by Peter Flötner (1490 -
1546) German designer, sculptor, and printmaker.
Museum: Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria.
• http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/MA-peter_flotner1.jpg
• http://www.art-wallpaper.com/8297/Fl%C3%B6tner+Peter/The+Human+Alphabet-1024x768-8297.jpg
• http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs8/i/2005/339/1/6/Human_Alphabet_by_Mindgazer.jpg
253. The Human Alphabet 1567
by Amman Jost
• The Human Alphabet 1567 by Amman Jost (1539-1591) a native of
Switzerland, in German artist, copper etching and engraver, ptintmaker,
painter and author.
Museum Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland.
• http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/MA-jost_amman.jpg
• http://www.art-wallpaper.com/313/Amman+Jost/The+Human+Alphabet-1024x768-313.jpg
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256. Human figure alphabet
by Johann Theodor de Bry (1596)
• Johann Theodor de Bry, Belgian-German copper engraver (1561 - 1623),
born on Liège worked most of his life in Frankfurt am Main. His vast oeuvre
includes a human figure alphabet which appeared in his book "Alphabeta et
characters" (1596), and shows many influences of similar alphabets of Peter
Flötner in Germany. In 1595, he published a thick "Alphabetbuch" in which
we find elaborately ornamented caps.
• http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/MA-johann_theodor_de_bry.jpg
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258. Human form alphabet
by Giacomo Franco (1596)
• Giacomo Franco Italian copper engraver and publisher (1550-1620), who in
1596 published a human form alphabet largely influenced by similar
alphabets of Peter Flötner in Germany.
A font based on this was made by Ulrich Stiehl.
• http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/MA-giacomo_franco.jpg
• http://www.sanskritweb.net/fontdocs/giacomo.pdf
• http://www.sanskritweb.net/fontdocs/index.html#GIACOMO
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262. Human Alphabet
by Martin Weigel (c. 1533 - 1580)
• Martin Weigel German publisher who worked in Nürnberg in the 16th
century (fl. 1533 - 1580), and whose alphabets of human forms were largely
influenced by those of Peter Flötner.
• http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/erotic.html
287. Alfabeto Figurato 1632
by Giovanni Battista Bracelli
• Giovanni Battista Bracelli (1584-1609), Italian painter and printmaker, who
was a follower of Jacopo da Empoli and who among other works published,
in Livorno in 1624, some interesting etchings referred to as Oddities. The
name Bracelli appears after 1624 in a series of engravings printed in Rome.
In 1632 an extremely rare and bizarre Alfabeto Figurato (Illustrated
Alphabet) was printed in Naples and appears closely related to the fantastic
vein of the Oddities.
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/odisea2008/3470810936/sizes/o/in/photostream/
• http://www.spamula.net/blog/i34/braccelli09.jpg
• http://typographica.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/bracelli-500x450.jpg
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289. 16th Century alphabet by anknown
• A set of decorative initial letters from the sixteenth century; it is missing “J”
“O” “W” “X” and “Z” so that there are only 21 letters here, and a fake “J.”
The Book of Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval collected and
engraved by Freeman Gage Delamotte (1814 – 1862); London, Crosby
Lockwood and Co., 1879.
• http://www.fromoldbooks.org/DelamotteOrnamentalAlphabets/pages/051-16th-Century/2560x1382-q75.html
• http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs36/i/2009/353/8/d/16th_Century_Alphabet_images_by_barefootliam_stock.jpg
• http://www.fromoldbooks.org/DelamotteOrnamentalAlphabets/index3.html
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292. An Alphabet of Organic Type by Jan
Christian Bierpfaff (c.1650)
• An Alphabet of Organic Type (c.1650).
A series of stunning prints – titled Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum –
designed by the Polish goldsmith Jan Christian Bierpfaff (1600 – c.1690)
and engraved by fellow-countryman Jeremias Falck (1610 –1677).
• http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/rise-of-living-type.html
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/publicdomainreview/albums/72157644875168094
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliodyssey/albums/72157629954576345
• http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/an-alphabet-of-organic-type-ca-1650/
• http://www.design-is-fine.org/post/88372840244/jan-christian-bierpfaff-alphabet-of-organic-type
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302. Initials letters by
Wenceslas Hollar (c.1625 - 1670)
• Václav Hollar known in England as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas and
in Germany as Wenzel Hollar (1607 - 1677), was a Bohemian etcher, who
lived in England for much of his life. He was born in Prague, and died
in London.
• http://link.library.utoronto.ca/hollar/
• http://link.library.utoronto.ca/hollar/searchresults.cfm?query=initials%20letters&show=all
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311. Newes ABC Buchlein
by Lucas Kilian (1627)
• Newes ABC Buchlein 1627 by the German engraver Lucas Kilian (1579 –
1637).
• http://mimeticon.host.furtherfield.org/MimeticonAbout.htm
• http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/dp/original/DP855602.jpg
• https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c9/e5/de/c9e5deb4c8329cb0e6d1d84fe137f600.jpg
• https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/0b/29/5f/0b295f9f43ca5abf6aca9cf2d406ac78.jpg
• http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/citi/images/standard/WebLarge/WebImg_000249/174661_2947058.jpg
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348. Historiated initials by Francis Barlow
from Edward Benlowes’ Theophila (1652)
• Theophila (1652), a 268-page poem book in Latin and English by Edward
Benlowes (1603 –1676), illustrated by Francis Barlow (c. 1626 – 1704), an
English painter, etcher, and illustrator (the first master of English book
illustration).
• http://chethamslibrary.blogspot.gr/2015_08_01_archive.html
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352. Historiated Alphabet
by Valerio Spada 1656 – 1659
• This Historiated Alphabet (1656 – 1659) created by the Italian etcher,
designer and calligrapher Valerio Spada (1613-1688), is a set of decorated
initials with scenes in them, features scenes from seventeenth century Italy,
mostly landscapes with figures (people) in them. Spada was known for
combining miniature scenes with lettering or calligraphy.
• http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-ItalianEtchers/
• http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-ItalianEtchers/pages/0127-HistoriatedAlphabet-a-m/1600x1200-q85.html
• http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-ItalianEtchers/pages/0127-HistoriatedAlphabet-n-z/800x600-q85.html
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357. Initial letters L, V from Félibien's 'Tapisseries du Roi,
où sont représentez les quatre élémens et les quatre
saisons' (c.1670) by Sébastien Leclerc
• Initial letter L, with four putti personifying the four elements;
Initial letter V, with Justice, seated on clouds, with Blind Justice lying at her
feet; from Félibien's 'Tapisseries du Roi, où sont représentez les quatre
élémens et les quatre saisons' (Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1670). c.1670
Etching
Print made by Sébastien Leclerc, French printmaker, painter (1637 - 1714).
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_results.aspx?searchText=Tapisseries+du+Roi
358.
359. Initial letters A, L from Perrault's 'Mémoire pour
servir à l'histoire naturelle des animaux'
(c.1671) by Sébastien Leclerc
• Initial letter A, with Adam and Eve surrounded by animals in the garden of
Eden;
• Initial letter L, with Noah pointing the way to the Ark to various animals
for 'Description du lion' in Perrault's 'Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire
naturelle des animaux' (Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1671, in fol). c.1671
Print made by Sébastien Leclerc, French printmaker, painter (1637 - 1714).
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1635594&partid=1&searchText=S%C
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_results.aspx?searchText=M
%C3%A9moire+pour+servir+%C3%A0+l'histoire+naturelle+des+animaux
360.
361. Initial letter L from Perrault's 'Mémoire pour servir à
l'histoire des plantes ' (c.1676) by Sébastien Leclerc
• Initial letter L, with two draped male figures in a garden; one of them points
at a plant with a stick; from Dodart's 'Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire des
plantes' (Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1676). c.1676.
Print made by Sébastien Leclerc, French printmaker, painter (1637 - 1714).
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?
objectid=1631606&partid=1&searchText=M%C3%A9moire+pour+servir+
%C3%A0+l'histoire+des+plantes&numpages=10&orig=/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=1
362.
363. Initial letter S, with Alexander the Great
(c.1684) by Sébastien Leclerc
• Initial letter S, with Alexander the Great about to strike the Gordian Knot
with his sword; for an unidentified book. 1684?
Etching
Print made by Sébastien Leclerc, French printmaker, painter (1637 - 1714).
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?
objectid=1629503&partid=1&searchText=initials+historiated&numpages=10&orig=/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx&curre
ntPage=6
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?
objectid=1629503&partid=1&searchText=S
%C3%A9bastien+Leclerc+alphabet&numpages=10&orig=/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=1
364.
365. Initial letters from Les Actions glorieuses de S. A. S. Charles
Duc de Lorraine (c.1703-1704) by Sébastien Leclerc
• Les Actions glorieuses de S. A. S. Charles Duc de Lorraine c.1703-1704.
Print made by Sébastien Leclerc, French printmaker, painter (1637 - 1714).
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_results.aspx?
searchText=Les+Actions+glorieuses+de+S.+A.+S.
+Charles+Duc+de+Lorraine&numpages=10&orig=/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=3
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369. Initial letters C, L from Félibien's 'Histoire de l'abbaye royale
de Saint-Denys en France' (c.1706) by Sébastien Leclerc
• Initial letter C, with King Philippe the Fair walking towards an altar upon
which are the relics of St Louis;
Initial letter L, with battle scene;
from Félibien's 'Histoire de l'abbaye royale de Saint-Denys en France'
(Paris: Leonard, 1706). c.1706
Etching
Print made by Sébastien Leclerc, French printmaker, painter (1637 - 1714).
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_results.aspx?
searchText=Histoire+de+l'abbaye+royale+de+Saint-Denys+en+France
370.
371. Initial letters from Baluze's 'Histoire généalogique de la
Maison d'Auvergne by Sébastien Leclerc c.1708
• Initial letters C, F, F, K, N from Baluze's 'Histoire généalogique de la Maison
d'Auvergne' (Paris, Paris: Antoine Dezallier, 1708). c.1708
Etching
Print made by Sébastien Leclerc, French printmaker, painter (1637 - 1714).
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_results.aspx?searchText='Histoire+g%C3%A9n
%C3%A9alogique+de+la+Maison+d'Auvergne&numpages=10&orig=/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=2
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375. Ornamental design for the letter B
by Gilles-Marie Oppenord (c. 1720)
• Ornamental design for the letter B c. 1720 by Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672
- 1742), a celebrated French designer, specialized in interior architecture
and decoration.
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gilles-Marie_Oppenord_-_Ornamental_Design_for_the_Letter_B_-
_Google_Art_Project.jpg
376.
377. Anatomical Alphabet 1724
from Myotomia Reformata
• Anatomical Alphabet from William Cowper's (1666 -1709) "Myotomia
Reformata," or an anatomical treatise on the muscles of the human body.
Publisher: R. Knaplock, London 1724.
• http://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/index.php/items/browse?search=Cowper,%20William,%201666-1709&submit_search=Search#
• http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.gr/2013/12/anatomical-alphabet-from-from-william.html
• http://abeautifulbook.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/an-anatomical-alphabet-made-for-william-cowpers-myotomia-reformata-london-1724/
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390.
391.
392.
393. Alphabet by Cornelis van Noorde (1741)
• Alphabet (1741) by Cornelis van Noorde (Noorde C. V.) (1731-1795) an
landscape painter and draughtsman from the Northern Netherlands.
• http://abc-des-abc-michea-jacobi.blogspot.gr/2014/10/lettre-h-historical-human-abc-abc.html
• https://www.pinterest.com/pin/290411875951288987/
394.
395. Alphabet Letters
by Martin Engelbrecht (18th century)
• Alphabet Letters (5 Vowels) by Martin Engelbrecht (German, 1684–1756),
published by Martin Engelbrecht (German, 1684–1756)
Date:18th century
Engraving
• http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/700243
• http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/dp/original/DP855607.jpg
396.
397. German Alphabet with Fantastic Figures
by Jeremias Wachsmuth (c.1750)
• German Alphabet with Fantastic Figures c.1750, designed and drawn by
Jeremias Wachsmuth (German 1711-1771), engraved by C.P. Maj.,
published by Martin Engelbrecht in Augsburg.
Set of four plates.
• http://www.drawingsandprints.com/CurrentExhibition/detail.cfm?ExhibitionID=56&Exhibition=39
398.
399. Alphabet decorated letters Rococo-Baroque
by Jeremias Wachsmuth (c. 1750)
• Alphabet decorated letters Rococo- Baroque c.1750, designed and drawn
by Jeremias Wachsmuth (German 1711-1771), engraved by C.P. Maj.,
published by Martin Engelbrecht in Augsburg.
The set of four prints is a complete alphabet (as often omitting J and U),
each letter decorated with figures, birds and flowers in Rococo/late Baroque
style. Empty spaces between the letters decorated with insects and plants.
• http://www.amazon.co.uk/ThePrintsCollector-Antique-Print-ALPHABET-DECORATED-LETTER-ROCOCO-
BAROQUE-Maj-Waxmuth-1750/dp/B00JO9VGAQ
• http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/700316
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406.
407.
408. Decorated Roman alphabet by Johann
David Nessenthaler (c. 1755)
• Decorated Roman alphabet designed c. 1755 by Johann David
Nessenthaler (German, c. 1717–before 1766), published by Martin
Engelbrecht (German, 1684–1756)
4 Engraving 22.8 × 28.2 cm, 20.2 × 24.8 cm, 20.8 × 27.6 cm, 19.4 × 24.5 cm
• http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/700315
• http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/700321
• http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/700322
• http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/700324
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412.
413. Vita di S. Filippo Neri (1757)
by Giuseppe Filosi
• Vita di S. Filippo Neri, incise in rame. Venice: [s.n.], 1757.
This entirely illustrated biography of Saint Filippo Neri (1515-1595), the
founder of the Oratorian order. Neri, an extremely popular confessor and
spiritual advisor in Rome whose advice was sought by Popes and Cardinals
as well as commoners, was venerated as a saint during his lifetime and was
canonized in 1622.
The images engraved by Giuseppe Filosi, a book illustrator (active 1740 -
1760), are based on illustrations by Giacomo Tanaglia. The title of the work
is “spelled out” in historiated upper case letters, each depicting a virtue
which is identified in a caption beneath each letter.
• http://smu.edu/bridwell_tools/specialcollections/RecentAcqIllust/RAI_Suites.htm
• http://smu.edu/bridwell_tools/specialcollections/RecentAcqIllust/BRB0325-title.gif
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417. The Comical Hotch-Potch, or
The Alphabet Turn'd Posture-Master (1782)
• The Comical Hotch-Potch, or The Alphabet Turn'd Posture-Master.
Print by Carington Bowles, London 1782.
• http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m-OhnnFNJ-k/UwEFoh37RDI/AAAAAAAA79s/L8BvrpqXyug/s1600/2.jpg
• http://io9.com/youve-never-seen-the-abcs-look-this-bizarre-and-wonderf-1523042033
• http://fineartamerica.com/featured/alphabet-1782-granger.html
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424.
425. Alphabeth de la Bourbonnoise (1789)
• Alphabeth de la Bourbonnoise, France 1789.
engraving and etching ; 24.6 x 21.3 cm (sheet)
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.,
USA.
• http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.15895/
• http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-nude-alphabet-with-no-u-1789-science-source.html
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428.
429. The Man of Letters or
Pierrot's Alphabet 1794
• The Man of Letters or Pierrot's Alphabet 1794.
Note That I Doubles with J and U with V.
Print by Bowles & Carner, London 1794.
• http://eu.art.com/products/p12385476-sa-i1751232/posters.htm
430.
431. Clerical Calendar
by Richard Newton (1795)
• Clerical Calendar in 1795 by Richard Newton (1777–1798) a brilliantr
short-lived English caricaturist.
• http://mikerendell.com/2013/04/
• http://images.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/fullzoom.asp?imageid=lwlpr08593
432.
433.
434. Armenian flowery alphabet
by Edmund Fry, 1799
• Armenian flowery alphabet from Pantographia by Edmund Fry, 1799.
• Armenian 5.These letters are termed blooming or flowery, and are used in
titles of books, and as two-line letters in the beginnings of chapters. They
represent flowers, and the figures of men and animals.
• http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Fry-Pantographia/pages/p012/p012.jpg
• http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Fry-Pantographia/pages/p12-figures/
442. Alphabet en énigme
by Victor Adam (c.1820 - 1860)
• Alphabet en énigme by the French painter and lithographer Victor Adam
(1801-1866).
• http://abc-des-abc-michea-jacobi.blogspot.gr/2014/10/lettre-h-historical-human-abc-abc.html?view=sidebar
• http://images-00.delcampe-static.net/img_large/auction/000/290/250/845_001.jpg
• http://images.delcampe.com/img_large/auction/000/083/416/996_001.jpg
• http://www.delcampe.net/page/item/id,0290250845,language,E.html
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446.
447. Alphabet diabolique
by Jean Midolle (1834)
• Alphabet diabolique from Oeuvres de Jean Midolle granées sur pierre / par
Jean Midolle, lithographie d'Emile Simon fils (Strasbourg) 1834-1835.
Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg, FSO1825
Digitised by Jester Font Studio 2001.
• http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9400978v/f4.image.r=(text:jean%20AND%20text:midolle).langFR
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyz/5245444250/
• http://valerie6.myweb.uga.edu/design.html
• http://www.fontspace.com/jester-font-studio/diabolique
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451.
452. Alphabet diabolique
by Michel Delaporte (1836)
• Alphabet diabolique en ombre chinoises, 1836 by Pierre Michel Delaporte
(1806 - 1872) a French playwright, painter, lithographer and political
cartoonist.
• http://peccadille.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Diablerie_Alphabet.jpg
• http://detournementsmineurs.tumblr.com/post/134151860056/alphabet-diabolique-d%C3%A9tail-lithographie-de
• http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/mlle_anais/14461951/682419/682419_original.jpg
• http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-prR0AK6NHSE/Vp4b6qSnSTI/AAAAAAAAqc4/TUL8V_VpMl8/s1600/alphabet
%2Bdiabolique.jpg
461. Alphabet diabolique
by Jean Midolle (1837)
• Alphabet diabolique was designed by Jean Midolle and published in
Strasbourg in 1837.
• http://classes.bnf.fr/dossiecr/atelier/grand/sq03-12.htm
462.
463. Ornamental lettrines
by Napoléon Landais (1834)
• Ornamental lettrines by Napoléon Landais (1804 - 1852) from either his
'Dictionnaire Général et Grammatical des Dictionnaires Français' (1834) or
his 'Petit Dictionnaire Français Portatif' (1840).
• http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6136730p
• https://apps.atilf.fr/artdico/listeOrnements.php?debut=0
• http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2007/03/dictionary-iconography.html
• http://marinni.livejournal.com/496292.html#cutid1
507. Comic Alphabet
by George Cruikshank (1836)
• Comic Alphabet in 1836 by George Cruikshank (1792 –1878), a British
caricaturist and book illustrator.
• http://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/10/10/george-cruikshanks-comic-alphabet/
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520.
521. The Comic Alphabet
by Percy Cruikshank (1847)
• The Comic Alphabet 1847 by Percy Cruikshank (fl. 1840-1860)
• https://oldtales7.wordpress.com/the-comic-alphabet-by-percy-cruikshank/
• https://oldtales7.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/comicalphabet00crui_1.jpg
• https://archive.org/details/comicalphabet00crui
Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672 - 1742) Ornamental Design for the Letter B ca. 1720
Gilles-Marie Oppenord - Ornamental Design for the Letter B - Google Art Project
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gilles-Marie_Oppenord_-_Ornamental_Design_for_the_Letter_B_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Noorde C. V. (1741)
http://abc-des-abc-michea-jacobi.blogspot.gr/2014/10/lettre-h-historical-human-abc-abc.html
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/290411875951288987/
Oeuvres de Jean Midolle granées sur pierre : [Specimen des écritures modernes comprenant les Romaines fleuronnées, Gothiques nouvelles, Fractures, françaises, anglaises, italiennes et allemandes ] / publiées à la lithographie d'Emile Simon fils 1834-1835