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THE

Slncimt

anfr

ffitteiwl,

WITH NUMERALS, INCLUDING

(iotjnc; Clrarcjj

rman

fet, farge an& Small;

Arabesque; Initials

MONOGRAMS, CROSSES,

for

&c.,

FOB THE USE OF

ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING DRAUGHTSMEN, MASONS, DECORATIVE PAINTERS, LITHOGRAPHERS, ENGRAVERS, CARVERS,

COLLECTED AND ENGRAVED BT

SIXTEENTH

F.

DELAMOTTE3 EDITION

LONDON:

CROSBY LOCKWOOD AND

SON,

7,

1914.

STATIONERS' HALL COURT.

&c.

PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION. S

there are no works of Ancient Alphabets of any excellence published in

a cheap form, I have been induced, after

my

profession as a

many

years' study

Draughtsman and Engraver,

The demand

will

be a

sufficient

it

very moderate price

apology for the undertaking.

me

in the

has been a work required by the public.

worthy of

its

for a Fourth Edition within so short a period of the

publication of the Third, has convinced that

in

to offer this collection to

the favourable notice of the public; trusting that

and general usefulness

and research

their attention, I

most agreeable manner

To render

it

still

more

have here introduced some additions, likely to

enhance the interest and increase the value of the pages, as an indication of the esteem in which I have held the encouragement, and the respect I have

paid to the suggestions of the purchasers of this book, and the so liberally reviewed.

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critics

by whom

it

has been

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