The standard rules of the round and round-text-hands [electronic resource] : mathematically demonstrating how better alphabets of those hands may be performed than have ever yet been publish'd in Great-Britain. Absolutely Necessary to be known by all Writing-Masters and others who would gain a Perfect Knowledge of those Hands; and very useful for Engravers, Painters, Masons, &c. who may have Occasion to Draw Large Inscriptions. Invented by Charles Snell, Writing-Master and Accomptant at the Free Writing-School in Foster-Lane, With whom Young Gentlemen may Board.
1728
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The standard rules of the round and round-text-hands [electronic resource] : mathematically demonstrating how better alphabets of those hands may be performed than have ever yet been publish'd in Great-Britain. Absolutely Necessary to be known by all Writing-Masters and others who would gain a Perfect Knowledge of those Hands; and very useful for Engravers, Painters, Masons, &c. who may have Occasion to Draw Large Inscriptions. Invented by Charles Snell, Writing-Master and Accomptant at the Free Writing-School in Foster-Lane, With whom Young Gentlemen may Board.
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London : printed for and sold by Henry Overton and John Hoole, at the White Horse without Newgate, 1728.
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[4],viii p.,plates ; obl.2⁰.
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The plates, lettered A-F, are engraved by George Bickham, Snr.
Plate A is dated 1714.
Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
Plate A is dated 1714.
Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
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Heal, A. Engl. writing-masters., Pp.161-2
English Short Title Catalog, N23249.
English Short Title Catalog, N23249.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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