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An American Caligraph in Paris

by on December 28, 2019

The junior partner is an Englishman born in Paris, selling the American-made Caligraph. From The Shorthand Review, September 1893 —

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  • Erik Bruchez December 31, 2019, 6:27 pm

    Great stuff. I searched for this “Bulletin Mensuel de la Caligraphe” and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France has copies. One can pay to get reproductions but it’s a process. It would be fun to dig more here.

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