Decorative Alphabets and Initials

Title: Decorative Alphabets and InitialsEditor: Nesbitt, AlexanderPublisher: Dover PublicationsBinding: PaperbackPages: 192Dimensions: 10.94h x 8.41w x 0.47dProduct Weight: 1.17 lbs.Language: EnglishISBN: 9780486205441This unusual Dover publication presents a singular opportunity to the artist, crafter, designer, illustrator, printer, or other user of letter designs to have always at hand a rich store of inspiration and a swipe-file. More important, you may reproduce any initial or alphabet in this volume free of charge, without asking permission. The work is all royalty-free; when you buy the book, you buy the reproduction rights to any individual part of it. The price is less than you would pay to professional archives for one copy of the letter.There are 123 full-page plates including 91 complete alphabets in widely differing styles. In all, there are 3,924 initial letters. These alphabets were obtained from rare, out-of-print books, generally available only in libraries or