Author: TONSO, Giovanni.
Title: La Calligrafia, insegnata nelle scuole di avviamento commerciale professionale e industriale, scuole tecniche commerciali, e negli istit. tecnici, commerc. e amministrativi. Metodo Teoretico Pratico di scrittura posata (e corsiva, rotonda, italiana, gotica antica, gotica moderna, e stampatella).
Description: (Torino, lith. Doyen-Marchisio, [after 1893, ca. 1900?]). 4to oblong (ca.19, 2x24, 3cm). 18 fascicules, each [ii], 12, [2] pp. Sewn (stapled), in halfcloth folder. (7 parts in 18 'quaderni'; folder a bit damaged along the folds; a few ink stains; tear in upper margin last leaf fasc.7; a few fascicules browned) ¶ Giovanni Tonso (1845-1909), one of the most renowned italian calligraphers of his time, and author of didactic and artistic works of great value. He taught ao. at the Regio Istituto Sommelier and the Scuola Lagrange. His 'Modelli' and his prize-winning 'Quaderni metodici' were used in schools throughout Italy. (lemma on fountainpen.it)

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