A tutor to penmanship, or, The writing master : a copy shewing all the variety of pemanship and clerkship as now practised in England : in II parts / by John Ayres.
A tutor to penmanship, or, The writing master : a copy shewing all the variety of pemanship and clerkship as now practised in England : in II parts / by John Ayres.
Engraved by J. Sturt. Format from Wing. Unedited record.
ESTC staff note
DFo edp oblong folio; [50] leaves of plates (including the port.); the Folger has photostats from BM copy of what look to be 4 leaves of printed prelims, containing prefaces by Ayres and Sturt (I can't make out the format of these leaves, though they are definitely not oblong folio); Folger card cat. references A. Heal, The English Writing-Masters (1931), p. 152 (i.e. for info on the prefaces); Wing has imprint: Sold by ye author, and S. Crouch, [London, 1698.]; Folger copy imprint matches m'film's
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), A4306 English short title catalogue (ESTC), R23637
