The pen's excellencie, or, The secretaries delight : 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.
Uniform Title: | Early English books online.
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Language: | English |
Published: |
[London] :
[W. Jones?] solde by G. Humble,
[between 1620-1630?]
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Series: | Early English books online.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (27 unnumbered pages), 26 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations |
Variant Title: |
Secretaries delight [Other title] |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Note: | Contains engraved title page 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. Electronic resource. |
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Call Number: | Z43 .B55 |
References: |
STC (2nd ed.) 3062.8 |
Reproduction Note: |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) s1999 miun s |