HENNING, WILLIAM E. An Elegant Hand. The Golden Age of American Penmanship and Calligraphy. Edited by Paul Melzer. New Castle, Delaware, Oak Knoll Press, 2002. 4to. XI+308 p. Richly illustr. Orig. dark blue cloth in dustwrapper. ¶ This book contains the history of the Golden Age of American penmanship. With the lives and careers of some of the most important penmen, including Platt Roger Spencer, the father of American handwriting, and George A. Gaskell, whose books and periodicals reached hundreds of students throughout the second half of the 19th century.
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