Modeles de Lettres sur Vingt Tons et Fonds differents

1890. GLAISE, Nicolas. Modeles de Lettres sur Vingt Tons et Fonds differents. 2 pp and 25 plates. Folio, 440 x 320 mm, loose as issued in publisher's cloth backed boards. Paris: Emile Thézard, ca. 1890. An album of chromolithographed typefaces, presented as model alphabets for the use of sign painters. Glaise includes detailed instructions for scaling up type, the application of gilding, and advice on the matter of placement. A rare bookwith OCLC listing only 8 copies worldwide with copies in the U.S. at The Grolier Club, U. Delaware, Newberry, Northwestern, Harvard and Providence P.L.