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Book Number: 405001

The Book: The House of David. His Inheritance: A Book of Sample Scripts 1914 A.D., by Edward Johnston. Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1966. 1st edition. Illus., square 4to., red cloth, dj., 31 pp. VG condition.

A facsimile of Edward Johnston's manuscript commissioned by Sir Sydney Cockerell consisting of a series of Biblical texts relating to King David. Johnston, who was born in 1872, is considered one of the most important calligraphers of the 20th century.

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