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Initial letters for "The Artists of the Rocks"

Item date(s): n.d.

Walter Whall Battiss  (1906-1982) - (drawings by)


Pages: unpaged
Size: 37mm


Place publication: Pretoria, RSA
Publisher: The artist

Additional notes:
Copies of "The Artists of the Rocks" by Battiss had printed, coloured Capital initials (rubrications) pasted in to embellish the first word of chapters. Six are used in each copy of the book:

O . Page 5

F . Page 11

T . Page 17, 23, 231.

I . Page 65.

These are variant copies of those initials which come in various colours. 2xF, 3xI, 3xO, 16xT.

Ref: GB/30217



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