The document describes various human alphabets created between 1515-1847, including: - Giuseppe Maria Mitelli's "Alfabeto in Sogno" from 1683, which depicted letters formed from disordered phantasms. - The De Bry family's "Nova Alphati effictio" from 1595 featuring letters decorated with animals, insects and plants. - An alphabet based on human forms from a 1520 manuscript. - Giacomo Paolini's grotesque alphabet from c.1570 with intricate initial caps depicting mythological stories. - Thirteen initial letters from Antonius Sylvius' Latin majuscule alphabet with biblical and mythological scenes

2. Human Alphabets 2
( 1515 – 1847)
• Alfabeto in Sogno by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (1683)
• Nova Alphati effictio by De Bry’s (1595)
• Alphabet based on human forms (c.1520)
• Grotesque alphabet in mythological landscapes by Giacomo Paolini (c. 1570)
• Latin majuscule alphabet with mythological scenes by Antonius Sylvius (c. 1550-1599)
• Alfabeto di Lettere Iniziali by Mauro Poggi (c. 1730)
• Opera dianto nella quale vedrete molte caratteri di lettere by Antonio Schiratti (1600-
1615)
• Seven initial letters from the Lufft Bible (1534)
• Historiated initials by Andreas Vesalius (1543)
• Alphabet book by John Scottowe (c.1575-1600)
• Fifteen letters from a Greek majuscule alphabet by Jacob Faber (1524)
• Five letters from a Greek majuscule alphabet by Hans Holbein the Younger (c.1515-1540)
• Eight letters from a Greek majuscule alphabet with scenes from the Dance of Death by
Hans Holbein the Younger (c.1515-1530)
• 13 initial letters by Anton Woensam (c.1527)
• The Children's Alphabet by Hans Weiditz the Younger (1521)

3. • Initial letter L from Perrault's 'Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire des plantes ' by Sébastien
Leclerc (c.1676)
• Dance of Death alphabet by Hans Holbein the Younger (1526)
• Letters from a German bible printed in 1584
• Ornamented Roman Majuscule Alphabet by Daniel Hopfer (c. 1520)
• Champ fleury by Geoffroy Tory (1529)
• Menschenalphabet by Peter Flötner (1534)
• Anthropomorphic alphabet by Peter Flötner (c.1540)
• The Human Alphabet by Amman Jost (1567)
• Human Alphabet by Martin Weigel (c. 1533 - 1580)
• Human figure alphabet by Johann Theodor de Bry (1596)
• Human form alphabet by Giacomo Franco (1596)
• Guide to Constructing the Letters by Joris Hoefnagel (c. 1591-1596)
• 16th Century alphabet by anknown
• Alfabeto Figurato by Giovanni Battista Bracelli (1632)
• An Alphabet of Organic Type by Jan Christian Bierpfaff (c.1650)
• Initials letters by Wenceslas Hollar (c.1625 - 1670)
• Newes ABC Buchlein by Lucas Kilian (1627)
• Historiated initials by Francis Barlow from Edward Benlowes’ Theophila (1652)
• Historiated Alphabet by Valerio Spada (c.1656 – 1659)

4. • Initial letters L, V from Félibien's 'Tapisseries du Roi, où sont représentez les quatre
élémens et les quatre saisons' by Sébastien Leclerc (c.1670)
• Initial letters A, L from Perrault's 'Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des animaux'
by Sébastien Leclerc (c.1671)
• Initial letter S, with Alexander the Great by Sébastien Leclerc (c.1684)
• Initial letters from Les Actions glorieuses de S. A. S. Charles Duc de Lorraine by Sébastien
Leclerc (c.1703-1704)
• Initial letters C, L from Félibien's 'Histoire de l'abbaye royale de Saint-Denys en France' by
Sébastien Leclerc (c.1706)
• Initial letters from Baluze's 'Histoire généalogique de la Maison d'Auvergne by Sébastien
Leclerc (c.1708)
• Ornamental design for the letter B by Gilles-Marie Oppenord (c. 1720)
• Anatomical Alphabet from Myotomia Reformata (1724)
• Alphabet by Cornelis van Noorde (1741)
• Alphabet Letters by Martin Engelbrecht (18th century)
• German Alphabet with Fantastic Figures by Jeremias Wachsmuth (c.1750)
• Alphabet decorated letters Rococo-Baroque by Jeremias Wachsmuth (c. 1750)
• Decorated Roman alphabet by Johann David Nessenthaler (c. 1756)
• Vita di S. Filippo Neri by Giuseppe Filosi (1757)
• The Comical Hotch-Potch, or The Alphabet Turn'd Posture-Master (1782)
• Alphabeth de la Bourbonnoise (1789)

5. • The Man of Letters or Pierrot's Alphabet (1794)
• Clerical Calendar by Richard Newton (1795)
• Armenian flowery alphabet by Edmund Fry (1799)
• Les polichinelles utiles ou l'origine des lettres (1826)
• Letter Y from an Alphabet Primer by Victor Adam (1832)
• Alphabet en énigme by Victor Adam (c.1820 - 1860)
• Ornamental lettrines by Napoléon Landais (1834)
• Alphabet diabolique by Jean Midolle (1834)
• Alphabet diabolique by Jean Midolle (1837)
• Alphabet diabolique by Michel Delaporte (1836)
• Alphabet comique de Daumier (1836)
• The Landscape Alphabet by Charles Joseph Hullmandel (c. 1818-1860)
• Comic Alphabet by George Cruikshank (1836)
• The Comic Alphabet by Percy Cruikshank (1847)
• Alphabet Les Cris de Paris n°1 (c.1845)

6. Alfabeto in Sogno 1683
by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli
• The Italian graphic artist Giuseppe Maria Mitelli (1634-1718), published
several elaborate graphic sequences, not least of which is the bizarre
Alfabeto in Sogno (Dream Alphabet), dating from 1683, in which are
represented the letters of the alphabet formed of disordered phantasms,
and confused images.
Alfabeto in sogno, esemplare per disegnare di Giuseppe Ma Mitelli
Bolognese MDCLXXXIII.
etching
Copyright © The Trustees of the British Museum
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=Alfabeto+in+sogno
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_results.aspx?searchText='Dream+alphabet
• http://www.spamula.net/blog/2005/02/giuseppe_maria_mitelli.html

40. Nova Alphati effictio by De Bry’s 1595
• Twenty-four letters of the alphabet decorated with animals, insects and
plants published in 1595 in the book Nova Alphati effictio desighed by
Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) and engraved by his sons Johann Theodor de
Bry (1560-1623) and Johann Israel de Bry (1565–1609).
Nova Alphati Effictio Historiis Ad Singulas Litteras Correspondentibus
engraving
Copyright © The Trustees of the British Museum
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_results.aspx?searchText=Nova+Alphati+
• http://community.livejournal.com/art_links/1650995.html
• http://www.spamula.net/blog/2005/10/de_brys_alphabets.html

75. Alphabet based on human forms (c.1520)
• Alphabet based on human forms, from the manuscript 'The Tudor pattern
book‘, which it is part-bestiary, part-herbal and an important visual record of
early cultivated plants, produced in East Anglia in about 1520 -1530.
MS. Ashmole 1504, folio 045v, Bodleian Library (University of Oxford),
Oxford, United Kingdom.
• http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/2564152597_4645e447b8_o.jpg
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliodyssey/2564152597/sizes/o/in/photostream/
• http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2009/10/tudor-pattern-book.html
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliodyssey/sets/72157622597951362/
• http://bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet/view/all/what/MS.%20Ashmole%201504?pgs=50&os=50

77. Grotesque alphabet in mythological
landscapes by Giacomo Paolini c. 1570
• Giacomo Paolini, Italian copper, engraver who lived in the 16th century.
Around 1570, he created a suite of ornamental letters known as Grotesque
Alphabet in Mythological Landscapes (16th century). Intricate initial caps,
with each letter telling a story (the R in the link shows Romulus and Remus
in Rome). His inspiration comes from mythology, and often involves angels,
mermaids, snakes, and fruits.
21 engraving, Height: 79 mm (principal scene) Width: 97mm
Height: 115 mm (with frame) Width: 147 mm
Copyright © The Trustees of the British Museum
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=Giacomo+Paolini
• http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/caps.html
• http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2009/06/grotesque-alphabet.html
• http://community.livejournal.com/art_links/1465816.html
• https://archive.org/stream/gri_alphabetoxxx00paul#page/n7/mode/2up

101. Latin majuscule alphabet
by Antonius Sylvius (c.1550-1599)
• Thirteen initial letters from an (incomplete) Latin majuscule alphabet with
mythological and biblical scenes in background; from an unidentified
publication of an English Bible.
Print made by Antonius Sylvius, Dutch printmaker in 2nd half 16thC.
Woodcut
Copyright © The Trustees of the British Museum
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_results.aspx?searchText=Antonius+Sylvius

116. Alfabeto di Lettere Iniziali
by Mauro Poggi (c. 1730)
• Mauro Poggi Italian artist who drew Alfabeto di Lettere Iniziali (ca.1730),
ornamental caps with scrolls and flourishes and then inhabited by satyrs,
mermaids, Medusa heads, birds, cats, dogs, snakes, and other creatures.
The letters were designed by Poggi, drawn in ink by Andrea Bimbi, and
engraved by Lorenzo Lorenzi. (there were 24 letters, rather than 26,
because i and j were the same letter, and because there was no w).
A digital version was done by Jose Jimenez in 2010 called Mauro Poggi
ornamental caps.
• http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k94009835
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliodyssey/sets/72157603828682421/with/2232981174/
• http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2008/02/ornamental-typography.html
• http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/JoseJimenez--MauroPoggiOrnamentalCaps-2010.gif
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/odisea2008/with/2867896177/
• http://www.odisea2008.com/2008/09/caligrafa-el-arte-de-la-escritura-ii.html
• http://www.antonioraimogalleries.com/shop/raimo/author/Mauro%20Poggi.%20Alphabet..html
• http://www.sothebys.com/content/dam/stb/lots/L12/L12402/416L12402_6FYH2.jpg

142. Opera dianto nella quale vedrete molte caratteri
di lettere by Antonio Schiratti (c.1600-1615)
• Opera Dianto Nella Quale Vedrete Molte Caratteri di Lettere' (work through
which you will see many characters {examples, styles?} of letters).
This imaginative calligraphy copybook-come-illuminated manuscript
practice manual was produced in the city of Perugia (in Umbria, Italy)
between 1600 and 1615 by the scribe Antonio Schiratti.
Plimpton MS 298, Columbia University's Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
• http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2008/12/perugia-scribe.html
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliodyssey/with/3096194289/
• http://app.cul.columbia.edu:8080/exist/scriptorium/individual/NNC-RBML-1104.xml?showLightbox=yes
• http://marinni.livejournal.com/275087.html#cutid1

165. Seven initial letters
from the Lufft Bible (1534)
• Seven of the set of ten initial letters used in the 1534 Lufft Bible (Luther's
first complete Bible translation).
Initial A with putti carrying trophies; Initial D with a choir of angels; Initial D
with the lion of St Mark; Initial I with two eagles; Inital N with three putti;
Initial P with putti hunting a stag; Initial S with the winged ox of St Luke.
Printed by Hans Lufft, German publisher/printer (fl. c. 1523 – 1584) Print
made by Monogrammist MS, German printmaker (fl. c. 1530 - 1550).
Woodcut
© The Trustees of the British Museum
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1459205&pa

173. Historiated initials
by Andreas Vesalius 1543
• Historiated initials from De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the
Human Body) (Basil, 1543) by Andreas Vesalius (Andreas van Wesel)
(1514 -1564) a Flemish-born anatomist , physician, and author.
• http://hsci.cas.ou.edu/galleries/16thCentury/Vesalius/1543-initials/
• http://hsci.ou.edu/exhibits/exhibit.php?exbgrp=-999&exbid=48&exbpg=13#figure11text
• http://hsci.ou.edu/images/jpg-100dpi-10in/16thCentury/Vesalius/1543-initials/Vesalius-1543-Q-001.jpg
• http://hsci.ou.edu/images/jpg-100dpi-10in/16thCentury/Vesalius/1543-initials/Vesalius-1543-O-1.jpg
• http://www.vesaliusfabrica.com/en/original-fabrica/the-art-of-the-fabrica/historiated-capitals.html
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Decorated_initials_from_De_humani_corporis_fabrica
• http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Vesalius-Fabrica/index2.html

189. Alphabet book by John Scottowe
(c.1575-1600)
• Alphabet book, with English or Latin phrases from England, S. E. (Norwich),
last quarter of the 16th century by the scribe John Scottowe (d. 1607),
calligrapher and schoolmaster, writing master of Norwich.
MS. Harley 3885, 24 full-page initials in ink with details in gold with animal
heads, foliage, and figures, some with Elizabethan coats of arms and
mottos .
Copyright © The British Library
• http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/results.asp

195. Fifteen letters from a Greek majuscule alphabet
by Jacob Faber 1524
• Fifteen of sixteen letters from an incomplete Greek majuscule alphabet with
classical and genre scenes on dark ground; impressions from an
unidentified publication of the alphabet first used for Urbanus, 'Grammaticae
institutiones uam tanta adhuc cara excusae', printed by Curio in Basel on 5
March 1524.
Block cut by Jacob Faber, Print made by Hans Holbein the Younger.
Metalcut.
© The Trustees of the British Museum
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1598343&partid=1&searchText=alpha
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1598345&partid=1&searchText=Jaco

200. Five letters from a Greek majuscule alphabet
by Hans Holbein the Younger 1515-1540
• Five initial letters from a Greek majuscule alphabet with children on white
ground; including children holding goblets, carrying grapes, a child riding a
goat, children fighting and children carrying Bacchus; from an unidentified
Greek publication.
Print made by Hans Holbein the Younger 1515-1540.
Woodcut
© The Trustees of the British Museum
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1613283&partid=1&searchText=Gree

204. Eight letters from a Greek majuscule alphabet with
scenes from the Dance of Death by Hans Holbein
the Younger 1515-1530
• Eight initial letters from a Greek majuscule alphabet with scenes from the
Dance of Death; with various figures surprised by Death.
Attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger 1515-1530.
Metalcut
© The Trustees of the British Museum
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1613255&partid=1&searchText=Danc

207. Dance of Death alphabet
by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1526
• Dance of Death alphabet, designed in 1526 by Hans Holbein the Younger
(c.1498-1543), German artist and printmaker.
etching
© The Trustees of the British Museum
• http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Exhibit.php?lang=e&tag=Alphabet
• http://mydelineatedlife.blogspot.com/2009/06/dance-of-death.html
• http://www.danielmitsui.com/hieronymus/index.blog?start=1321077659

216. 13 initial letters (c.1527)
by Anton Woensam
• Initial letters A, C, F, H, I, M, N, L, O, P, Q, S, T, with playing putti on black
ground, used as illustrations to a book probably printed by Eucharius
Cervicornus in Cologne after 1527.
Print made by Anton Woensam, German printmaker, painter/draughtsman
(c.1493-1496 - c.1541)
Woodcut
© The Trustees of the British Museum
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=568134&objectId=155040
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=568120&objectId=155041

232. The Children's Alphabet 1521 by Hans
Weiditz the Younger
• The Children's Alphabet 1521 by Hans Weiditz the Younger, (1495 -
c.1537), a German artist.
• http://www.art-wallpaper.com/24707/Weiditz+Hans/The+childrens+alphabet+Block+1?Width=1024&Height=768
• http://www.art-wallpaper.com/24708/Weiditz+Hans/The+childrens+alphabet+Block+2?Width=1024&Height=768
• http://mindgazer.deviantart.com/art/Block-Font-26064177
• http://mindgazer.deviantart.com/art/Block-Font-two-26064635

235. Ornamented Roman Majuscule Alphabet
by Daniel Hopfer c. 1520
• Ornamented Roman Majuscule Alphabet c. 1520 by the German artist
Daniel Hopfer (1471–1536).
Etching
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/338480

237. Letters from a German bible
printed at Witenberg in 1584
• From a German bible on the British museum printed at Witenberg in 1584.
• From: The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest
Times.
By W. R. Tymms, with an Essay and Instructions by M. D. Wyatt, Architect.
London. Published April 2nd 1860 by Day and Son, Lithographers to the
Queen.
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/49879584@N00/5012813365/
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/49879584@N00/page7/

243. Champ fleury by Geoffroy Tory 1529
• Champfleury subtitled “The Art and Science of the Proportion of the Attic or
Ancient Roman Letters By : Geofroy Tory (ca. 1480-1533).
In 1529, Geofroy Tory, French scholar, engraver, printer, publisher and poet,
was publishing the well known so called Champ Fleury, printed by Gilles de
Gourmond, in Paris. The poetic title of his book translates literally as
“flowery fields”; written as a single word, champfleury is an old French idiom
for “paradise.”
It is a fully illustrated handbook where the author explains how to draw
Roman characters.
Bibliothèque nationale de France.
• http://expositions.bnf.fr/tory/livres/champ_fleury/index.htm
• http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k50961p/f49.planchecontact
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaarwel/6771067481/sizes/l/
• http://bm.mairie-metz.fr/sitebm/commun/patrimoine/gravissime/premices.htm
• http://bm.mairie-metz.fr/sitebm/commun/patrimoine/gravissime/images/champfleury.jpg

247. Menschenalphabet (The Human
Alphabet) by Peter Flötner (1534)
• Menschenalphabet (The Human Alphabet ) 1534 by Peter Flötner (1490 -
1546) German designer, sculptor, and printmaker.
Museum: Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria.
• http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/MA-peter_flotner1.jpg
• http://www.art-wallpaper.com/8297/Fl%C3%B6tner+Peter/The+Human+Alphabet-1024x768-8297.jpg
• http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs8/i/2005/339/1/6/Human_Alphabet_by_Mindgazer.jpg

251. Peter Flötner: Anthropomorphic alphabet, Germany ± 1540

252. Peter Flötner: Anthropomorphic alphabet, Germany ± 1540

253. The Human Alphabet 1567
by Amman Jost
• The Human Alphabet 1567 by Amman Jost (1539-1591) a native of
Switzerland, in German artist, copper etching and engraver, ptintmaker,
painter and author.
Museum Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland.
• http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/MA-jost_amman.jpg
• http://www.art-wallpaper.com/313/Amman+Jost/The+Human+Alphabet-1024x768-313.jpg

256. Human figure alphabet
by Johann Theodor de Bry (1596)
• Johann Theodor de Bry, Belgian-German copper engraver (1561 - 1623),
born on Liège worked most of his life in Frankfurt am Main. His vast oeuvre
includes a human figure alphabet which appeared in his book "Alphabeta et
characters" (1596), and shows many influences of similar alphabets of Peter
Flötner in Germany. In 1595, he published a thick "Alphabetbuch" in which
we find elaborately ornamented caps.
• http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/MA-johann_theodor_de_bry.jpg

258. Human form alphabet
by Giacomo Franco (1596)
• Giacomo Franco Italian copper engraver and publisher (1550-1620), who in
1596 published a human form alphabet largely influenced by similar
alphabets of Peter Flötner in Germany.
A font based on this was made by Ulrich Stiehl.
• http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/MA-giacomo_franco.jpg
• http://www.sanskritweb.net/fontdocs/giacomo.pdf
• http://www.sanskritweb.net/fontdocs/index.html#GIACOMO

262. Human Alphabet
by Martin Weigel (c. 1533 - 1580)
• Martin Weigel German publisher who worked in Nürnberg in the 16th
century (fl. 1533 - 1580), and whose alphabets of human forms were largely
influenced by those of Peter Flötner.
• http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/erotic.html

264. Guide to Constructing the Letters
by Joris Hoefnagel (c. 1591-1596)
• Guide to Constructing the Letters (c. 1591 - 1596) by the Joris Hoefnagel
(1542 - 1600), a Flemish / Hungarian illuminator.
In each he surrounds the typographic diagram with a colourful array of
symbolically charged motifs and, for some, an excerpt from the Bible which
begins with the letter of focus.
Watercolors, gold and silver paint, and ink on parchment.
© J. Paul Getty Trust
• http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/hoefnagels-guide-to-constructing-the-letters-ca-1595/
• http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/search/?view=grid&query=YToxOntzOjU6InF1ZXJ5IjtzOjI5OiJHdWlkZSBmb3IgQ29uc3R

287. Alfabeto Figurato 1632
by Giovanni Battista Bracelli
• Giovanni Battista Bracelli (1584-1609), Italian painter and printmaker, who
was a follower of Jacopo da Empoli and who among other works published,
in Livorno in 1624, some interesting etchings referred to as Oddities. The
name Bracelli appears after 1624 in a series of engravings printed in Rome.
In 1632 an extremely rare and bizarre Alfabeto Figurato (Illustrated
Alphabet) was printed in Naples and appears closely related to the fantastic
vein of the Oddities.
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/odisea2008/3470810936/sizes/o/in/photostream/
• http://www.spamula.net/blog/i34/braccelli09.jpg
• http://typographica.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/bracelli-500x450.jpg

289. 16th Century alphabet by anknown
• A set of decorative initial letters from the sixteenth century; it is missing “J”
“O” “W” “X” and “Z” so that there are only 21 letters here, and a fake “J.”
The Book of Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval collected and
engraved by Freeman Gage Delamotte (1814 – 1862); London, Crosby
Lockwood and Co., 1879.
• http://www.fromoldbooks.org/DelamotteOrnamentalAlphabets/pages/051-16th-Century/2560x1382-q75.html
• http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs36/i/2009/353/8/d/16th_Century_Alphabet_images_by_barefootliam_stock.jpg
• http://www.fromoldbooks.org/DelamotteOrnamentalAlphabets/index3.html

292. An Alphabet of Organic Type by Jan
Christian Bierpfaff (c.1650)
• An Alphabet of Organic Type (c.1650).
A series of stunning prints – titled Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum –
designed by the Polish goldsmith Jan Christian Bierpfaff (1600 – c.1690)
and engraved by fellow-countryman Jeremias Falck (1610 –1677).
• http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/rise-of-living-type.html
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/publicdomainreview/albums/72157644875168094
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliodyssey/albums/72157629954576345
• http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/an-alphabet-of-organic-type-ca-1650/
• http://www.design-is-fine.org/post/88372840244/jan-christian-bierpfaff-alphabet-of-organic-type

302. Initials letters by
Wenceslas Hollar (c.1625 - 1670)
• Václav Hollar known in England as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas and
in Germany as Wenzel Hollar (1607 - 1677), was a Bohemian etcher, who
lived in England for much of his life. He was born in Prague, and died
in London.
• http://link.library.utoronto.ca/hollar/
• http://link.library.utoronto.ca/hollar/searchresults.cfm?query=initials%20letters&show=all

311. Newes ABC Buchlein
by Lucas Kilian (1627)
• Newes ABC Buchlein 1627 by the German engraver Lucas Kilian (1579 –
1637).
• http://mimeticon.host.furtherfield.org/MimeticonAbout.htm
• http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/dp/original/DP855602.jpg
• https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c9/e5/de/c9e5deb4c8329cb0e6d1d84fe137f600.jpg
• https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/0b/29/5f/0b295f9f43ca5abf6aca9cf2d406ac78.jpg
• http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/citi/images/standard/WebLarge/WebImg_000249/174661_2947058.jpg

348. Historiated initials by Francis Barlow
from Edward Benlowes’ Theophila (1652)
• Theophila (1652), a 268-page poem book in Latin and English by Edward
Benlowes (1603 –1676), illustrated by Francis Barlow (c. 1626 – 1704), an
English painter, etcher, and illustrator (the first master of English book
illustration).
• http://chethamslibrary.blogspot.gr/2015_08_01_archive.html

352. Historiated Alphabet
by Valerio Spada 1656 – 1659
• This Historiated Alphabet (1656 – 1659) created by the Italian etcher,
designer and calligrapher Valerio Spada (1613-1688), is a set of decorated
initials with scenes in them, features scenes from seventeenth century Italy,
mostly landscapes with figures (people) in them. Spada was known for
combining miniature scenes with lettering or calligraphy.
• http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-ItalianEtchers/
• http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-ItalianEtchers/pages/0127-HistoriatedAlphabet-a-m/1600x1200-q85.html
• http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Various-ItalianEtchers/pages/0127-HistoriatedAlphabet-n-z/800x600-q85.html

357. Initial letters L, V from Félibien's 'Tapisseries du Roi,
où sont représentez les quatre élémens et les quatre
saisons' (c.1670) by Sébastien Leclerc
• Initial letter L, with four putti personifying the four elements;
Initial letter V, with Justice, seated on clouds, with Blind Justice lying at her
feet; from Félibien's 'Tapisseries du Roi, où sont représentez les quatre
élémens et les quatre saisons' (Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1670). c.1670
Etching
Print made by Sébastien Leclerc, French printmaker, painter (1637 - 1714).
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_results.aspx?searchText=Tapisseries+du+Roi

359. Initial letters A, L from Perrault's 'Mémoire pour
servir à l'histoire naturelle des animaux'
(c.1671) by Sébastien Leclerc
• Initial letter A, with Adam and Eve surrounded by animals in the garden of
Eden;
• Initial letter L, with Noah pointing the way to the Ark to various animals
for 'Description du lion' in Perrault's 'Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire
naturelle des animaux' (Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1671, in fol). c.1671
Print made by Sébastien Leclerc, French printmaker, painter (1637 - 1714).
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1635594&partid=1&searchText=S%C
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_results.aspx?searchText=M
%C3%A9moire+pour+servir+%C3%A0+l'histoire+naturelle+des+animaux

361. Initial letter L from Perrault's 'Mémoire pour servir à
l'histoire des plantes ' (c.1676) by Sébastien Leclerc
• Initial letter L, with two draped male figures in a garden; one of them points
at a plant with a stick; from Dodart's 'Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire des
plantes' (Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1676). c.1676.
Print made by Sébastien Leclerc, French printmaker, painter (1637 - 1714).
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?
objectid=1631606&partid=1&searchText=M%C3%A9moire+pour+servir+
%C3%A0+l'histoire+des+plantes&numpages=10&orig=/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=1

363. Initial letter S, with Alexander the Great
(c.1684) by Sébastien Leclerc
• Initial letter S, with Alexander the Great about to strike the Gordian Knot
with his sword; for an unidentified book. 1684?
Etching
Print made by Sébastien Leclerc, French printmaker, painter (1637 - 1714).
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?
objectid=1629503&partid=1&searchText=initials+historiated&numpages=10&orig=/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx&curre
ntPage=6
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?
objectid=1629503&partid=1&searchText=S
%C3%A9bastien+Leclerc+alphabet&numpages=10&orig=/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=1

365. Initial letters from Les Actions glorieuses de S. A. S. Charles
Duc de Lorraine (c.1703-1704) by Sébastien Leclerc
• Les Actions glorieuses de S. A. S. Charles Duc de Lorraine c.1703-1704.
Print made by Sébastien Leclerc, French printmaker, painter (1637 - 1714).
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_results.aspx?
searchText=Les+Actions+glorieuses+de+S.+A.+S.
+Charles+Duc+de+Lorraine&numpages=10&orig=/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=3

369. Initial letters C, L from Félibien's 'Histoire de l'abbaye royale
de Saint-Denys en France' (c.1706) by Sébastien Leclerc
• Initial letter C, with King Philippe the Fair walking towards an altar upon
which are the relics of St Louis;
Initial letter L, with battle scene;
from Félibien's 'Histoire de l'abbaye royale de Saint-Denys en France'
(Paris: Leonard, 1706). c.1706
Etching
Print made by Sébastien Leclerc, French printmaker, painter (1637 - 1714).
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_results.aspx?
searchText=Histoire+de+l'abbaye+royale+de+Saint-Denys+en+France

371. Initial letters from Baluze's 'Histoire généalogique de la
Maison d'Auvergne by Sébastien Leclerc c.1708
• Initial letters C, F, F, K, N from Baluze's 'Histoire généalogique de la Maison
d'Auvergne' (Paris, Paris: Antoine Dezallier, 1708). c.1708
Etching
Print made by Sébastien Leclerc, French printmaker, painter (1637 - 1714).
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_results.aspx?searchText='Histoire+g%C3%A9n
%C3%A9alogique+de+la+Maison+d'Auvergne&numpages=10&orig=/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=2

375. Ornamental design for the letter B
by Gilles-Marie Oppenord (c. 1720)
• Ornamental design for the letter B c. 1720 by Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672
- 1742), a celebrated French designer, specialized in interior architecture
and decoration.
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gilles-Marie_Oppenord_-_Ornamental_Design_for_the_Letter_B_-
_Google_Art_Project.jpg

377. Anatomical Alphabet 1724
from Myotomia Reformata
• Anatomical Alphabet from William Cowper's (1666 -1709) "Myotomia
Reformata," or an anatomical treatise on the muscles of the human body.
Publisher: R. Knaplock, London 1724.
• http://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/index.php/items/browse?search=Cowper,%20William,%201666-1709&submit_search=Search#
• http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.gr/2013/12/anatomical-alphabet-from-from-william.html
• http://abeautifulbook.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/an-anatomical-alphabet-made-for-william-cowpers-myotomia-reformata-london-1724/

393. Alphabet by Cornelis van Noorde (1741)
• Alphabet (1741) by Cornelis van Noorde (Noorde C. V.) (1731-1795) an
landscape painter and draughtsman from the Northern Netherlands.
• http://abc-des-abc-michea-jacobi.blogspot.gr/2014/10/lettre-h-historical-human-abc-abc.html
• https://www.pinterest.com/pin/290411875951288987/

395. Alphabet Letters
by Martin Engelbrecht (18th century)
• Alphabet Letters (5 Vowels) by Martin Engelbrecht (German, 1684–1756),
published by Martin Engelbrecht (German, 1684–1756)
Date:18th century
Engraving
• http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/700243
• http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/dp/original/DP855607.jpg

397. German Alphabet with Fantastic Figures
by Jeremias Wachsmuth (c.1750)
• German Alphabet with Fantastic Figures c.1750, designed and drawn by
Jeremias Wachsmuth (German 1711-1771), engraved by C.P. Maj.,
published by Martin Engelbrecht in Augsburg.
Set of four plates.
• http://www.drawingsandprints.com/CurrentExhibition/detail.cfm?ExhibitionID=56&Exhibition=39

399. Alphabet decorated letters Rococo-Baroque
by Jeremias Wachsmuth (c. 1750)
• Alphabet decorated letters Rococo- Baroque c.1750, designed and drawn
by Jeremias Wachsmuth (German 1711-1771), engraved by C.P. Maj.,
published by Martin Engelbrecht in Augsburg.
The set of four prints is a complete alphabet (as often omitting J and U),
each letter decorated with figures, birds and flowers in Rococo/late Baroque
style. Empty spaces between the letters decorated with insects and plants.
• http://www.amazon.co.uk/ThePrintsCollector-Antique-Print-ALPHABET-DECORATED-LETTER-ROCOCO-
BAROQUE-Maj-Waxmuth-1750/dp/B00JO9VGAQ
• http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/700316

408. Decorated Roman alphabet by Johann
David Nessenthaler (c. 1755)
• Decorated Roman alphabet designed c. 1755 by Johann David
Nessenthaler (German, c. 1717–before 1766), published by Martin
Engelbrecht (German, 1684–1756)
4 Engraving 22.8 × 28.2 cm, 20.2 × 24.8 cm, 20.8 × 27.6 cm, 19.4 × 24.5 cm
• http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/700315
• http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/700321
• http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/700322
• http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/700324

413. Vita di S. Filippo Neri (1757)
by Giuseppe Filosi
• Vita di S. Filippo Neri, incise in rame. Venice: [s.n.], 1757.
This entirely illustrated biography of Saint Filippo Neri (1515-1595), the
founder of the Oratorian order. Neri, an extremely popular confessor and
spiritual advisor in Rome whose advice was sought by Popes and Cardinals
as well as commoners, was venerated as a saint during his lifetime and was
canonized in 1622.
The images engraved by Giuseppe Filosi, a book illustrator (active 1740 -
1760), are based on illustrations by Giacomo Tanaglia. The title of the work
is “spelled out” in historiated upper case letters, each depicting a virtue
which is identified in a caption beneath each letter.
• http://smu.edu/bridwell_tools/specialcollections/RecentAcqIllust/RAI_Suites.htm
• http://smu.edu/bridwell_tools/specialcollections/RecentAcqIllust/BRB0325-title.gif

417. The Comical Hotch-Potch, or
The Alphabet Turn'd Posture-Master (1782)
• The Comical Hotch-Potch, or The Alphabet Turn'd Posture-Master.
Print by Carington Bowles, London 1782.
• http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m-OhnnFNJ-k/UwEFoh37RDI/AAAAAAAA79s/L8BvrpqXyug/s1600/2.jpg
• http://io9.com/youve-never-seen-the-abcs-look-this-bizarre-and-wonderf-1523042033
• http://fineartamerica.com/featured/alphabet-1782-granger.html

425. Alphabeth de la Bourbonnoise (1789)
• Alphabeth de la Bourbonnoise, France 1789.
engraving and etching ; 24.6 x 21.3 cm (sheet)
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.,
USA.
• http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.15895/
• http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-nude-alphabet-with-no-u-1789-science-source.html

429. The Man of Letters or
Pierrot's Alphabet 1794
• The Man of Letters or Pierrot's Alphabet 1794.
Note That I Doubles with J and U with V.
Print by Bowles & Carner, London 1794.
• http://eu.art.com/products/p12385476-sa-i1751232/posters.htm

431. Clerical Calendar
by Richard Newton (1795)
• Clerical Calendar in 1795 by Richard Newton (1777–1798) a brilliantr
short-lived English caricaturist.
• http://mikerendell.com/2013/04/
• http://images.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/fullzoom.asp?imageid=lwlpr08593

434. Armenian flowery alphabet
by Edmund Fry, 1799
• Armenian flowery alphabet from Pantographia by Edmund Fry, 1799.
• Armenian 5.These letters are termed blooming or flowery, and are used in
titles of books, and as two-line letters in the beginnings of chapters. They
represent flowers, and the figures of men and animals.
• http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Fry-Pantographia/pages/p012/p012.jpg
• http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Fry-Pantographia/pages/p12-figures/

438. • Les polichinelles utiles ou l'origine des lettres
Alphabet
France, 1826
© BnF
• http://classes.bnf.fr/dossiecr/atelier/grand/sq04-08.htm

440. Letter Y from an Alphabet Primer
by Victor Adam (1832)
• Letter Y formed by an acrobat from an Alphabet Primer, 1832 , Paris.
Print made by the French printmaker, painter/draughtsman Victor Adam
(1801-1867), printed by Lemercier & Cie.
lithograph
© The Trustees of the British Museum
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=letter+y&page=1

442. Alphabet en énigme
by Victor Adam (c.1820 - 1860)
• Alphabet en énigme by the French painter and lithographer Victor Adam
(1801-1866).
• http://abc-des-abc-michea-jacobi.blogspot.gr/2014/10/lettre-h-historical-human-abc-abc.html?view=sidebar
• http://images-00.delcampe-static.net/img_large/auction/000/290/250/845_001.jpg
• http://images.delcampe.com/img_large/auction/000/083/416/996_001.jpg
• http://www.delcampe.net/page/item/id,0290250845,language,E.html

447. Alphabet diabolique
by Jean Midolle (1834)
• Alphabet diabolique from Oeuvres de Jean Midolle granées sur pierre / par
Jean Midolle, lithographie d'Emile Simon fils (Strasbourg) 1834-1835.
Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg, FSO1825
Digitised by Jester Font Studio 2001.
• http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9400978v/f4.image.r=(text:jean%20AND%20text:midolle).langFR
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyz/5245444250/
• http://valerie6.myweb.uga.edu/design.html
• http://www.fontspace.com/jester-font-studio/diabolique

452. Alphabet diabolique
by Michel Delaporte (1836)
• Alphabet diabolique en ombre chinoises, 1836 by Pierre Michel Delaporte
(1806 - 1872) a French playwright, painter, lithographer and political
cartoonist.
• http://peccadille.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Diablerie_Alphabet.jpg
• http://detournementsmineurs.tumblr.com/post/134151860056/alphabet-diabolique-d%C3%A9tail-lithographie-de
• http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/mlle_anais/14461951/682419/682419_original.jpg
• http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-prR0AK6NHSE/Vp4b6qSnSTI/AAAAAAAAqc4/TUL8V_VpMl8/s1600/alphabet
%2Bdiabolique.jpg

455. Alphabet comique de Daumier 1836
• Alphabet comique de Daumier
Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) was a French printmaker, caricaturist, painter,
and sculptor.
France, 1836
© BnF
• http://classes.bnf.fr/dossiecr/atelier/grand/sq05-01.htm
• http://rocbor.net/typo/Daumier/img/Daumier_AlphabetComique01.png
• http://rocbor.net/typo/Daumier/img/Daumier_AlphabetComique02.png

461. Alphabet diabolique
by Jean Midolle (1837)
• Alphabet diabolique was designed by Jean Midolle and published in
Strasbourg in 1837.
• http://classes.bnf.fr/dossiecr/atelier/grand/sq03-12.htm

463. Ornamental lettrines
by Napoléon Landais (1834)
• Ornamental lettrines by Napoléon Landais (1804 - 1852) from either his
'Dictionnaire Général et Grammatical des Dictionnaires Français' (1834) or
his 'Petit Dictionnaire Français Portatif' (1840).
• http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6136730p
• https://apps.atilf.fr/artdico/listeOrnements.php?debut=0
• http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2007/03/dictionary-iconography.html
• http://marinni.livejournal.com/496292.html#cutid1

487. The Landscape Alphabet c. 1818-1860
by Charles Joseph Hullmandel
• The Landscape Alphabet c. 1818-1860.
Printed and published by Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789 –1850)
(publisher, printmaker; painter in London, where born to French parents).
26 lithographies, Height: 95 mm, Width: 80 mm
Copyright © The Trustees of the British Museum
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?
objectId=3402039&partId=1&searchText=1870,0514.2075-2100&page=1

507. Comic Alphabet
by George Cruikshank (1836)
• Comic Alphabet in 1836 by George Cruikshank (1792 –1878), a British
caricaturist and book illustrator.
• http://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/10/10/george-cruikshanks-comic-alphabet/

521. The Comic Alphabet
by Percy Cruikshank (1847)
• The Comic Alphabet 1847 by Percy Cruikshank (fl. 1840-1860)
• https://oldtales7.wordpress.com/the-comic-alphabet-by-percy-cruikshank/
• https://oldtales7.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/comicalphabet00crui_1.jpg
• https://archive.org/details/comicalphabet00crui

529. Alphabet Les Cris de Paris n°1(c.1845)
• Les Cris de Paris n°1
Alphabet
Paris, Maison Basset, vers 1845
© BnF
• http://classes.bnf.fr/dossiecr/atelier/grand/sq06-16.htm

531. Human Alphabets 2
( 1515 – 1847 )
Sources
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=Alfabeto+in+sogno
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_results.aspx?searchText=Nova+Alphati+
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=Giacomo+Paolini
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_results.aspx?searchText=Antonius+Sylvius
• http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k94009835
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliodyssey/sets/72157603828682421/with/2232981174/
• http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2008/02/ornamental-typography.html
• http://marinni.livejournal.com/
• http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/JoseJimenez--MauroPoggiOrnamentalCaps-2010.gif
• http://www.vesaliusfabrica.com/en/original-fabrica/the-art-of-the-fabrica/historiated-capitals.html
• http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Exhibit.php?lang=e&tag=Alphabet
• http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/hoefnagels-guide-to-constructing-the-letters-ca-1595/
• http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/rise-of-living-type.html
• http://mimeticon.host.furtherfield.org/MimeticonAbout.htm
• http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.gr/2013/12/anatomical-alphabet-from-from-william.html
• http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6136730p
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?
objectId=3402039&partId=1&searchText=1870,0514.2075-2100&page=1
• http://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/10/10/george-cruikshanks-comic-alphabet/
• https://oldtales7.wordpress.com/the-comic-alphabet-by-percy-cruikshank/
• All the copyrights belong to the original authors
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