A Renaissance Alphabet: Il Perfetto Scrittore, Parte Seconda

Madison, Milwaukee: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1971. Facsimile. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 11x8x0. Jacket price clipped, jacket lightly toned. 1971 Large Hardcover. xxii, [52] pp. 1971 reissue of work first published in 1570, with new introduction by Donald M. Anderson, and English translation of text by Robert J. Rodini. Renaissance art was marked by a vigorous adaptation of classical themes; and in restyling the alphabet's characters, no one approached the excellence of Giovan Francesco Cresci. With the publication of this first facsimile edition of Cresci's Il perfetto scrittore, parte seconda, the informed reader, as well as the student of art and Renaissance history, typography, and calligraphy, now has available a careful reproduction of his highly distinctive alphabet, and a cogent rendition of the philosophical basis for his inspiration.