A nevv booke, containing all sorts of hands vsually written at this day in Christendome : as the English and French Secretary, the Roman, Italian, French, Spanish, high and low Dutch, court and chancerie hands: with examples of each of them in their proper tongue and letter. Also an example of the true and iust proportion of the Romane capitals. Collected by the best approued writers in these languages.
1611
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A nevv booke, containing all sorts of hands vsually written at this day in Christendome : as the English and French Secretary, the Roman, Italian, French, Spanish, high and low Dutch, court and chancerie hands: with examples of each of them in their proper tongue and letter. Also an example of the true and iust proportion of the Romane capitals. Collected by the best approued writers in these languages.
Uniform title
New booke, containing all sortes of handes usually written at this daie.
Rules made by E.B. for his children to learn to write by.
Rules made by E.B. for his children to learn to write by.
Created/published
Imprinted at London : By Richard Field, 1611.
Description
[77+] p. : ill. ; (4to)
Associated name
Beau-Chesne, Jehan de, attributed name.
E. B., active 1571. Rules made by E.B. for his children to learn to write by.
E. B., active 1571. Rules made by E.B. for his children to learn to write by.
Note
Sometimes attributed to Jehan de Beau-Chesne, but the woodcut specimens include only a few from Beauchesne. Has later setting than STC 6446 of the "Rules made by E.B. for his children to learn to write by". In STC 6446 the "Rules" are in the same typesetting as, but in a different imposition from STC 3361.7--Cf. STC.
The first section of the "Rules" ends: "colour more dim"--Cf. STC.
"Rules" read: Rules made by E.B. for children to write by.
Identified as STC 6449a on UMI microfilm.
The first section of the "Rules" ends: "colour more dim"--Cf. STC.
"Rules" read: Rules made by E.B. for children to write by.
Identified as STC 6449a on UMI microfilm.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print.
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), 3361.7
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S119990
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S119990
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 3361.7 Bd.w. STC 3062.3
Folger-specific note
Bound in contemporary vellum (rebacked), with the arms of Augustine Vincent on both covers. Bound with: Billingsley, Martin. The pen's excellencie. [London, 1618?] - a fragment of a French writing book (?) - [44 Maps of England, Wales, and Ireland]. Imperfect; many leaves lacking making it impossible to determine signature collation
Folger accession
cs1427.2
Former call number
STC 6449.2 Bd.w. STC 3062