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SOAVE, Francesco. Elementi della calligrafia ossia l'arte de scriver bene. Venice: Giacomo Storti, 1794. 8° (164 x 93mm.). 40pp. printed text, 8 engraved plates, each with conjoint blank. (Foot of title restored, some slight spotting). Modern boards. FIRST EDITION. Bonacini 1742 for the 1810 Modena expanded edition.-- GIARRÈ, Gaetano. Gaetano Giarrè scritor Fiorentino inventò e incise questo nuovo metodo per formare un bel carattere. Florence: Giacomo Moro, [1818]. Oblong 2° (205 x 295mm.). Engraved title and 16 plates. (Some stains and spotting). Modern boards. Bonacini 677; Marzoli 37 (both referring to the 1801 edition).-- PASSERI [or PASSARI], Giuseppe and Jean-Jecques FREY. [Album of proof engravings including an alphabet]. N.p. [Rome, circa 1710]. Oblong 8° (130 x 185mm.). 36 engraved plates. (Some spotting, some leaves slightly soiled). 19th-century vellum. (3)