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    Monograms and Alphabetic Devices
    Monograms and Alphabetic Devices
    Monograms and Alphabetic Devices
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    Monograms and Alphabetic Devices

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    This book contains the entire contents of four fine volumes of monogram and allied devices published between 1830 and 1881. Over 2,500 monogrammatic and alphabetic designs are displayed in plates from "Dictionnaire du Chiffre-monogramme," etc., by Charles Demengeot (1881); "Monograms and Ciphers," by H. Renoir (1870–74); "Knight's New Book of Seven Hundred & Fifty Eight Plain, Ornamented & Reversed Cyphers" (1830); and "Monograms in Three and Four Letters," by J. Gordon Smith (n.d.).
    There are monograms in every two-letter combination and extensive selections of three and four letters; name devices ("Alice," "Theodore," etc.), crowns, crests, coats of arms and helmets. There are heavy, intricately entwined monograms that appear as though engraved on metal; lighter, thick-and-thin script styles; fanciful and formal designs; monograms in circles, ovals, square shapes, and free outline; and an immense variety of letter styles, including many designed for the particular device.
    A notable feature of this volume is the Index of Monograms and Ciphers, listing alphabetically every letter combination shown and the page or pages on which each appears ("S W", for example, is drawn in three different styles; "A L" in five; but "F N H W" in only one); and an Index of Names and Devices. Both features add greatly to the usefulness of the book. Importantly, every device shown may be reproduced by the purchaser free of charge.
    Artists, designers, engravers, and craftspeople will find this book a prolific source of inspiration and unusual styles; typographers, calligraphers, draftspeople , and students will use it as an aid in creating their own letter designs; while those in the printing, publishing, advertising, and allied fields will call upon it whenever a distinctive monogram or decoration is needed.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateMay 11, 2012
    ISBN9780486142470
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      Monograms and Alphabetic Devices - Dover Publications

      Monogram of the entire alphabet. (From Demengeot, Dictionnaire du Chiffre-monogramme)

      Monograms and Alphabetic Devices

      Hayward Cirker

      Copyright © 1970 by Dover Publications, Inc. All rights reserved.

      This Dover edition, first published in 1970, contains the following material:

      Unabridged republication of the plates for Dictionnaire du Chiffre-monogramme dans les Styles Moyen-age et Renaissance et Couronnes nobiliaires universelles by Charles Demengeot, published by the author, Paris, 1881.

      Unabridged republication of Monograms and Ciphers by H. Renoir, published by A. Fullarton and Company, London and Edinburgh, 1870-74.

      Unabridged republication of Knight’s New Book of Seven Hundred & Fifty Eight Plain, Ornamented & Reversed Cyphers, published by F. Knight, London, 1830.

      Unabridged republication of Monograms in Three and Four Letters by J. Gordon Smith, published by Thomas C. Jack London [n.d.].

      DOVER Pictorial Archive SERIES

      This book belongs to the Dover Pictorial Archive Series. You may use the designs and illustrations for graphics and crafts applications, free and without special permission, provided that you include no more than ten in the same publication or project. For permission for additional use, please email the Permissions Department at rights@doverpublications.com or write to Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, New York 11501.

      However, resale, licensing, republication, reproduction or distribution of any illustration by any other graphic service, whether it be in a book or in any other design resource, is strictly prohibited.

      9780486142470

      Manufactured in the United States by Courier Corporation

      22330214

      www.doverpublications.com

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Dictionnaire du Chiffre-monogramme

      Monograms and Ciphers

      New Book of Seven Hundred & Fifty Eight Plain, Ornamented & Reversed Cyphers

      Monograms in Three and Four Letters

      Indexes

      Dictionnaire du Chiffre-monogramme

      BY CH. DEMENGEOT

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