first edition Hardcover
1898 · New York
by Willson, Frederick Newton
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio. vii (i), 264 (27)pp. Original green cloth with black lettering and vignette on cover, gilt lettering on spine, protected by modern mylar. Bevelled edges. Black endpapers. Publisher's device on title page. Original technical drawing on front free endpaper. Work on "graphical science" containing chapters on Fundamental principles of Graphic Science, Technical Free-Hand Sketching and Lettering, The Choice and use of Drawing Instruments, Kinds and Significations of Lines, The Irregular Curve, Brush Tinting, Free-Hand Lettering, The Blue-Print Process, orthographic Projections... (truncated)