Please Enter ISBN, Title or Author’s Name
Compare Textbook Prices with Amazon
Compare Textbook Prices with Chegg
Compare Textbook Prices with AbeBooks
Compare Textbook Prices with Vitalsource
Compare Textbook Prices with Valorebooks
and more...

The Book of Signs Dover Pictorial Archive

Compare Textbook Prices for The Book of Signs Dover Pictorial Archive  ISBN 9780486201627 by Koch, Rudolf
Author: Koch, Rudolf
ISBN:0486201627
ISBN-13: 9780486201627
List Price: $9.25 (up to 59% savings)
Prices shown are the lowest from
the top textbook retailers.

View all Prices by Retailer

Details about The Book of Signs Dover Pictorial Archive:

This unusual collection of primitive and medieval symbols provides one of the most fertile single sources of decorative ideas available today. It is also a graphic history of the development of written communication and offers a singular insight into the psychology of the primitive mind. The Book of Signs contains 493 classified and documented illustrations, collected, drawn, and explained by the celebrated typographer Rudolf Koch. Divided into 14 different categories, it includes General Signs, The Cross, Monogram of Christ, Other Christian Signs, Monograms of Medieval Church and State Leaders, Stone Masons' Signs, The Four Elements, Astronomical Signs, Astrological Signs, Botanical Signs, Chemical Signs, House and Holding Marks, Miscellany, and Runes. "Provides the contemporary artist with a rich design vocabulary on which to improvise."—Art in Focus. "An inspiration to graphic artists everywhere."—Graphis. "An artistic and typographical achievement of considerable beauty and worth."—Psychiatric Quarterly.

Need Art tutors? Start your search below:
Need Art course notes? Start your search below: