Monograms and Alphabetic Devices Cirker Hayward Paperback
This book contains the entire contents of four fine volumes of monogram and allied devices published between 1830 and 1881. Over 2,500 monogrammatic and alphabetic designs are displayed in plates from…
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This book contains the entire contents of four fine volumes of monogram and allied devices published between 1830 and 1881. Over 2,500 monogrammatic and alphabetic designs are displayed in plates from Dictionnaire du Chiffre-monogramme, etc., by Charles Demengeot (1881); Monograms and Ciphers, by H. Renoir (1870-74); Knight's New Book of Seven Hundred & Fifty Eight Plain, Ornamented & Reversed Cyphers (1830); and Monograms in Three and Four Letters, by J. Gordon Smith (n.d.).There are monograms in every two-letter combination and extensive selections of three and four letters; name devices (Alice, Theodore, etc.), crowns, crests, coats of arms and helmets. There are heavy, intricately entwined monograms that appear as though engraved on metal; lighter, thick-and-thin script styles; fanciful and formal designs; monograms in circles, ovals, square shapes, and free outline; and an