[CALLIGRAPHY]. PERRET, CLEMENT. Exercitatio Alphabetica nova & utilissima, [Antwerp:] Christopher Plantin, 1569, oblong folio, 248 x 310mm. (9 3/4 x 12 1/4 in.), later quarter vellum, worn, soiled, a few marginal stains, margins of first two leaves repaired, most corners repaired , FIRST EDITION, engraved throughout, 35 plates of calligraphic specimens by Perret including engraved title and colophon leaves, all within baroque architectonic and scrollwork borders decorated with a variety of grotesque figures, animals, fruits and flowers, by Corneille de Hooghe after Vredemann de Vries. BM, STC/Dutch 167; Adams P 729; Bonacini 1404; Voet IV, 1962; Berlin/Ornamentstich-Sammlung 5002.