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Prato Fiorito de Scrittori di Michele Richier di Lorena

Engraver Camillo Cungi Italian
After Michele Richier French

1626

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22 plates from a writing book after the French writing master Michele Richier, published in Rome in 1626. Several plates contain sample texts in different calligraphic scripts, while others show full alphabets in miniscules and majuscules. The last 11 plates are dedicated to the proportional composition of Luca Pacioli's Roman alphabet with two letters to a plate.

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Title: Prato Fiorito de Scrittori di Michele Richier di Lorena

Engraver: Camillo Cungi (Italian, ca. 1597–1649 (active Rome and Genoa),)

Artist: After Michele Richier (French, active Rome 1626)

Date: 1626

Medium: Engraving

Dimensions: Sheet: 4 15/16 × 8 7/16 in. (12.6 × 21.4 cm) [prints are cut within plate mark and vary in size]

Classifications: Albums, Prints, Ornament & Architecture

Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947

Accession Number: 47.79.1(42-63)

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