The pen's triumph : being a copy-book containing variety of examples of all hands practised in this nation according to the present mode, adorned with incomparable knots and flourishes : most of the copies consisting of two lines only, and those containing the whole alphabet ... : with a discovery of the secrets and intricacies of this art in such directions as were never yet published ... : also a choice receipt for ink / invented, written, and engraven by Edward Cocker, dwelling on the south side of St. Pauls Church, over against Pauls Chain, where he teacheth the art of writing.
1659
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The pen's triumph : being a copy-book containing variety of examples of all hands practised in this nation according to the present mode, adorned with incomparable knots and flourishes : most of the copies consisting of two lines only, and those containing the whole alphabet ... : with a discovery of the secrets and intricacies of this art in such directions as were never yet published ... : also a choice receipt for ink / invented, written, and engraven by Edward Cocker, dwelling on the south side of St. Pauls Church, over against Pauls Chain, where he teacheth the art of writing.
Created/published
[London] : Are to be sold with other of the authors works, by John Dowse, stationer, at the great north door of St. Pauls Church London, 1659.
Description
[8], 24 p., [29] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 x 19 cm (oblong 4to)
Associated name
Cocker, Edward, 1631-1675, author, printmaker.
Dowse, John, active 1659-1664, bookseller.
Dowse, John, active 1659-1664, bookseller.
Note
There is also to be sold all sorts of blank bonds"--Foot of title page.
Signatures: A-D⁴.
Signatures: A-D⁴.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, R229554
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.), C4851A
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.), C4851A
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
217- 428q
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: contains only 25 plates. Cropped at head and fore-edge, occasionally cutting into print. In a modern decorated-paper case binding. Acquired from Mott (cat. 200:49), 1978-12-14.
Folger accession
217428