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.
1698
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Title
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.
Created/published
[London?] : Sold by ye author, [1698?]
Description
[52] leaves of plates : port. ; obl. (fol.)
Associated name
Ayres, John, active 1680-1700, author.
Sturt, John, 1658-1730.
Sturt, John, 1658-1730.
Note
Engraved by J. Sturt.
Format from Wing.
Unedited record.
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
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R23637
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
A4306.2 (folio)
Folger-specific note
201968. The author port. is trimmed and mounted. With photostats of the printed prefaces by Ayres and Sturt supplied from the BM copy