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Penmanship - Early works to 1800
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The practical pen-man: a new copy-book, containing the usual hands of Great Britain; more particularly the law-hands; ... By Thomas Ollyfe, ...
Ollyffe, Thomas, -approximately 1725.Date: 1713- Books
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Bowles's Roman and Italic print alphabets, on a large size complete; With figures, double letters, and the most useful diphthongs in the modern taste; designed chiefly for the use of painters, engravers, carvers, grave-stone cutters, masons, plumbers, and other artificers; likewise very useful for merchants and tradesmens clerks.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793.Date: [1775]- Books
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Penmanship: or, The Art of Fair Writing. A new essay. Containing, Reasons for the Generality of bad Hands, and how to establish a good one: Likewise, plain Directions for holding the Pen, the Position of the Body in sitting to write the various Hands, and how to make and mend Pens, or alter them to any Hand. With some useful Instructions for the better attaining of Ornamental Writing. The whole adapted to General Use. By J. Champion.
Champion, Joseph, 1709-approximately 1765.Date: [1770?]- Books
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Number I. (to be completed in ten monthly numbers, each to contain four plates,) Engraved by Ashby, and printed on Royal Folio, The penman's repository; containing a great number of Correct and Distinct alphabets in the various hands and languages, also a variety of Elegant New Designs, with A Curious and Valuable selection of flourishes. By William Milns, member of St. Mary Hall, Oxford; author of the well-bred scholar, &c. &c. and master of the city commercial school, George Yard, Lombard Street.
Milns, William, 1761-1801.Date: 1795]- Books
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The British youth's instructor: or, The useful penman. A new copy-book. Containing alphabets and sentences in round text, large and small round hand, and running hand: an abstract of the theory of writing, initial letters, struck capitals, and other curious decorations. Written, by several of the best masters, and engrav'd by George Bickham Senr.
Date: 1754