Apr 11, 2013 - Sale 2309

Sale 2309 - Lot 58

Price Realized: $ 360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
GLAHN, POUL EGEDE. Kaartbeskrivning. calligraphic manuscript in danish, signed "P. E. Glahn, Stykjunker," written in black ink on laid paper. 13 leaves, comprising title, 3 leaves of explanatory text, and 9 specimens of italic, roman, and Fraktur alphabets. Oblong 4to, 296x304 mm, contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards with gilt red leather lettering piece on front cover, spine defective; minor spotting throughout. Np, 1829

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Guide to alphabet styles and sizes for use in cartographic text, apparently written by the Danish career military officer Glahn (1811-96) as an artillery cadet. Dansk Biografisk Lexikon VI, 97-98.