01916nam 2200397Ia 450 99639366460331620210104171952.0(CKB)4940000000119789(EEBO)2248534252(OCoLC)ocm76698287e(OCoLC)76698287(EXLCZ)99494000000011978920061120f16201630 uy 0engurbn||||a|bb|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[London W. Jones?] solde by G. Humble[between 1620-1630?][27] p., [26] leaves of plates illContains 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-D⁴Reproduction of the original in: Bodleian Library.eebo-0014CopybooksEarly works to 1800PenmanshipEarly works to 1800CopybooksPenmanshipBillingsley Martinb. 1591.1006406UMIUMIUMIBOOK996393664603316The pen's excellencie, or, The secretaries delight2344649UNISA