Exercises in calligraphy and ornament executed during a class held in Chicago / by Ernst Frederick Detterer 11 June, 1943.

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Exercises in calligraphy and ornament executed during a class held in Chicago / by Ernst Frederick Detterer 11 June, 1943.

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Includes layouts for verse by Goethe and Friedrich Heinrichsen, ornamental capital letters, flourished letters, and sketches of plants and vegetables intended for page ornaments. Most are modelled on the work of the German calligrapher and type-designer Rudolf Koch.

14 items (2 folders) : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. or smaller.

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

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Detterer, Ernst Frederick, 1888-1947

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Koch, Rudolf, 1876-1934

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