The complete engraver : monograms, crests, ciphers, seals, and the etiquette of social stationery / Nancy Sharon Collins ; foreword by Ellen Lupton ; essay by Marjorie B. Cohn

Author: Collins, Nancy Sharon
Published: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2012]
Copyright Date: ©2012
Edition: First edition.
Physical Description: 215 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

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Contents

A timeline of engraving -- Engraving and social stationery -- A brief history of stationery paper and the mail -- Components and etiquette of social stationery -- Business correspondence -- Ciphers and monograms, family crests and seals -- A how-to of engraving.

Subject(s)

Engraving
Monograms
Social stationery

ISBN

9781616890674 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1616890673 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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