01957nam 2200397Ia 450 99638770040331620200824132846.0(CKB)4940000000086608(EEBO)2240883539(OCoLC)ocm47682800e(OCoLC)47682800(EXLCZ)99494000000008660820010731d1682 uy 0engurbn||||a|bb|The new a-la-mode secretarie: or, Practical pen-man[electronic resource]a new copy-book. Wherein the bastard Italians, commonly called the new-a-la-mode, round hands, mixt running hands, and mixt secretary's, are so mod[el'd] and composed, as to dispatch business with facility and neatness. Written with much variety, and performed according to the nature, freedom, and tendency of the pen. /By John Ayres ..[London]Sold by Hen. Hatley ... Sam. Crouch ... and Ben. Alsop ...[1682][6] p., [25] leaves of plates illDate of publication from Wing (2nd ed.).First published (1680) under title: A la mode secretarie or Practical pen-man.Added title-page, engraved, has title "The Ala mode secretarie or Practical pen-man".Plates engraved by John Sturt.Cf. Heal, Ambrose. The English writing-masters and their copy-books, 1570-1800. London, 1931, p. 150, no. 1.Imperfect: cropped, with loss of print from t.p.Reproduction of original in: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles.eebo-0189PenmanshipCopy-booksEarly works to 1800PenmanshipAyres Johnfl. 1680-1700.793382Sturt John1658-1730,EAEEAEBOOK996387700403316The new a-la-mode secretarie: or, Practical pen-man2414253UNISA