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Record Nr.

UNISA996393664603316

Autore

Billingsley Martin <b. 1591.>

Titolo

The pen's excellencie, or, The secretaries delight [[electronic resource] ] : wherein aswell the abuses wch [sic] are offered vnto ye worthines of ye pen by unworthie pen men are trulie dicovered, and ye dignity of ye art it self by ye antiquitie, excellencie & diversitie thereof is breifly demonstrated. ; Together with an insertion of sondrie peeces, or examples, of all ye vsuall hands of England: as also an addition of certaine methodicall observations for writing, making of the pen, holding the pen, &c. / / written by Martin Billingsley ... the Greeke & Hebrewe with other peeces never yet extant are hereunto by the authour exactlie added

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London, : W. Jones?] solde by G. Humble, [between 1620-1630?]

Descrizione fisica

[27] p., [26] leaves of plates : ill

Soggetti

Copybooks

Penmanship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Contains engraved t.p. and letter of dedication.

Some leaves of plates unnumbered.

Imperfect: cropped, stained, with loss of text and probably loss of plate numbers.

Signatures: B-D⁴

Reproduction of the original in: Bodleian Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0014