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[CALLIGRAPHY]. Prang?s Standard Alphabets. Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1878. Oblong 8vo. Lithographed title in color, 42 plates (numerous in color and heightened in gilt). Original green cloth gilt (few tiny spots of restoration at extreme ends). Tipped?in with an advertisement slip from the Franklin Printing House of Frank Eastman & Co. in a Prang style. FIRST EDITION of this scarce title. ?? [ALSO WITH:] SHAW, Henry. The Hand Book of Mediaeval Alphabets and Devices. London: Henry George Bohn, 1856. Tall 8vo. 36 colored plates. Original blue cloth stamped in blind (rebacked with original backstrip laid down). ?? Together, 2 works in 2 volumes, condition generally very good.