The art of stenographie : teaching by plaine and certaine rules, to the capacitie of the meanest, and for the vse of all professions, the way of compendious writing. Wherevnto is annexed a very easie direction for stegan'ographie, or, secret writing.
1602
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The art of stenographie : teaching by plaine and certaine rules, to the capacitie of the meanest, and for the vse of all professions, the way of compendious writing. Wherevnto is annexed a very easie direction for stegan'ographie, or, secret writing.
Created/published
At London : Printed [by W. White] for Cuthbert Burbie, 1602.
Description
[100] p. : ill: tables ; (8vo)
Associated name
Willis, John, -1625, author.
Note
Anonymous. By John Willis.
Printer's name from STC.
Includes folded table, bound after G2, final leaf.
Signatures: A-F⁸ G².
Stationers' register: Entered 19 April [1602]
Printer's name from STC.
Includes folded table, bound after G2, final leaf.
Signatures: A-F⁸ G².
Stationers' register: Entered 19 April [1602]
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2015. Decoding the Renaissance. November 11, 2014 to February 26, 2015. Open to A8v.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2015. Decoding the Renaissance. November 11, 2014 to February 26, 2015. Open to A8v.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 25744a
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S104829
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S104829
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Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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STC 25744a
Folger-specific note
5845. MS. markings; MS. notes, some trimmed, including notes on fly-leaves. Limp vellum binding with evidence of ties. Provenance: inscription on t.p.: "[hugh cley ?]"; inscription on front fly-leaf: "Elizabeth [Habelle ?]..."; armorial bookplate of Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale (motto "magistratus indicat virum")