Search Results: tableau de calligraphie by seitz johann baptist

Munich: Anton Dreer, 1816. Broadside sheet, large folio.  775 x 590 mm., [30 ½ x 23 inches].  Engraved with calligraphic samples, with five engraved vignettes.  Printed on thick wove paper, deckle edge.  Fine condition. A splendid and rare type specimen sheet, beautiful printed and fortunately beautifully preserved.  The imprint states that it was 'composed, engraved, and published by J. B. Seitz'.  Seitz was an engraver for the Royal Bavarian Bureau of Statistics and Topography (Königlichen Bayrischen Statitisch-Topographischen Bureau), which was responsible for the manufacture of official maps, charts, and plans.  He was one of the first technicians to work on the trial production of lithographic maps and considered a leader in the field of cartographic design and printing. The present rare specimen-sheet was presumably printed for cartographic institutes, publishers, and mapmakers.  The sub-title "Alphabets of Languages the most Customary" is in German, English, French, and Italian,… Read More

Munich: Anton Dreer, 1816. Large, beautiful broadside in fine condition, approx. 30½" x 23½" (775 x 590 mm.), engraved with 15 samples of various fonts intermingled with 5 engraved vignettes, printed on thick wove paper with deckled edge. A rare type specimen sheet with ornaments for the use of map-makers. The imprint notes in French and German that it was "composed, engraved, and published by J. B. Seitz (1786-1859), an engraver for the Royal Bavarian Bureau of Statistics and Topography (Königlichen Bayrischen Statisch-Topographischen Bureau), which was responsible for the manufacture of official maps, charts, and plans. He was one of the first technicians to work on prototypes of lithographic maps, and was considered a leader in the fields of cartographic design and printing. This specimen sheet was presumably printed for cartographic institutes, publishers, and mapmakers. The subtitle, Alphabets of languages the most customary, is in German, English, French, and Italian, and the remaining… Read More