£30 - £50
Ornamental Penmanship. Two copies of J.P. Hemm's Portraits in Penmanship, of the Royal Family, Nottingham: Published by Hemm, Oliver, & Co., S. Bennett, Printer, January 3, 1831, each illustrated with 8 portrait plates, subscribers' leaves defective, tatty and chipped margins, original cloth over wrappers, folio (55 x 42cm), [&] Hemm (J.P., Master of the Ladies' School, Castle Gate, Writing Master to the Free Grammar School), Original Penmanship [...], s.l. [?London], s.n., n.d. [1830], engraved title, preface leaf, & 12 plates engraved by W. Alexander & Co,. London, stains and archive repairs throughout, 20th c institutional cloth enclosing repaired original fragmentary endpapers, oblong folio (28.5 x 44.5cm), (3)
Ex-lib, sold with any faults and as such not liable to return.
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