The art of writing, reduced to a plain and easy system [electronic resource] : On a plan entirely new. In seven books. By John Jenkins, writing master. Book I. Containing a plain, easy and familiar introduction to the art. [Three lines from Moore] (Published according to act of Congress.).
1791
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The art of writing, reduced to a plain and easy system [electronic resource] : On a plan entirely new. In seven books. By John Jenkins, writing master. Book I. Containing a plain, easy and familiar introduction to the art. [Three lines from Moore] (Published according to act of Congress.).
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Jenkins, John, 1755?-1823.
Publication Details
Printed in Boston : by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, at Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street, MDCCXCI. [1791]
Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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English
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32 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 4⁰.
Note
The first American treatise on penmanship. Cf. Nash R. Amer. penmanship.
No more published.
Plates engraved by Joel Allen.
Parentheses substituted for square brackets in statement of responsibility.
Several pages printed in two columns.
Printers' monogram device, p. [9].
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
No more published.
Plates engraved by Joel Allen.
Parentheses substituted for square brackets in statement of responsibility.
Several pages printed in two columns.
Printers' monogram device, p. [9].
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
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Evans, 23469
English Short Title Catalog, W11697.
English Short Title Catalog, W11697.
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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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Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831, printer.
Andrews, Ebenezer Turrell, 1766-1851, printer.
Allen, Joel Knott, 1755-1825, engraver.
Andrews, Ebenezer Turrell, 1766-1851, printer.
Allen, Joel Knott, 1755-1825, engraver.
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