The new a-la-mode secretarie: or, Practical pen-man, 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. /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[London]
Sold by Hen. Hatley ... Sam. Crouch ... and Ben. Alsop ...,
[1682]
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| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Date of publication from Wing (2nd edition). 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, pages 150, numbers 1. Imperfect: cropped, with loss of print from t.p. Reproduction of original in: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([6] pages, [25] leaves of plates : illustrations. |