Description and writing example of the Roman round letter, Instruction of the Roman round letter, Fondement-Boeck, Spieghel der schrijfkonste, print, album page, text sheet, Folio B2v with a writing example titled: Ground and fondament of the Roman round letter. The sheet is part of an album., printmaker: Simon Frisius, Haarlem, after design by Jan van de Velde (I), Rotterdam, 1605, writer (clerical worker), paper, letterpress printing, engraving, woodcut, text in letterpress, height 63 mm x width 241 mm, height 210 mm x width 315 mm, calligraphy, A sheet with an aged, cream-colored background and uneven discoloration, showing printed columns of dark ink text with decorative initial characters and ornamental headings, separated by a central blank area containing lines of stylized alphabetic characters arranged in rows, each row centered and evenly spaced, with distinctive serifs and varied stroke thicknesses; faint spots, smudges, and edge wear are visible across the page, including a ...
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Description and writing example of the Roman round letter, Instruction of the Roman round letter, Fondement-Boeck, Spieghel der schrijfkonste, print, album page, text sheet, Folio B2v with a writing example titled: Ground and fondament of the Roman round letter. The sheet is part of an album., printmaker: Simon Frisius, Haarlem, after design by Jan van de Velde (I), Rotterdam, 1605, writer (clerical worker), paper, letterpress printing, engraving, woodcut, text in letterpress, height 63 mm x width 241 mm, height 210 mm x width 315 mm, calligraphy, A sheet with an aged, cream-colored background and uneven discoloration, showing printed columns of dark ink text with decorative initial characters and ornamental headings, separated by a central blank area containing lines of stylized alphabetic characters arranged in rows, each row centered and evenly spaced, with distinctive serifs and varied stroke thicknesses; faint spots, smudges, and edge wear are visible across the page, including a curved crease or fold near the lower left corner and slight foxing in places.

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Description writing example Roman round letter Instruction Fondement-Boeck Spieghel der schrijfkonste print album page text sheet Folio B2v writing example titled Ground fondament sheet part album printmaker Simon Frisius Haarlem design Jan van de Velde I Rotterdam 1605 writer clerical worker paper letterpress printing engraving woodcut text letterpress height 63 mm x width 241 mm height 210 mm x 315 mm calligraphy aged cream-colored background uneven discoloration showing printed columns dark ink decorative initial characters ornamental headings separated central blank area containing lines stylized alphabetic characters arranged rows row centered evenly spaced distinctive serifs varied stroke thicknesses faint spots smudges edge wear visible across page curved crease fold near lower left corner slight foxing places

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