Macclesfield Alphabet Book

Detail from Macclesfield Alphabet Book

The Medieval ancestors of today’s graphic designers created ‘model’ or ‘pattern’ books to show their work to potential clients. Only a handful survive and the British Library is currently raising money to acquire an example of “outstanding significance” — the so-called Macclesfield Alphabet Book, a book that has been in the Earls of Macclesfield library since the 1750s. Below are a few more pictures, and go here to see even more.

Macclesfield Alphabet Book

Macclesfield Alphabet Book

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