The Arte of Brachygraphie That Is, to Write As Fast As a Man Speaketh Treatably, Writing but One Letter for a Word : London 1597
by Bales, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 9022104265
- ISBN 13
- 9789022104262
- Seller
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Amsterdam: Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm / Da Capo Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1972. Reprint Ed. Hardcover. 9022104265 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, light spine sun, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of 1597 edition, London: George Shawe and Ralph Blower for Thomas Charde. STC No. 1311. "The second enlarged edition of The Writing Schoolmaster (1590). Brachygraphie was one of the three forms of shorthand available to early Jacobean copyists."; The English Experience: Its Record in Early Printed Books Published in Facsimile; Ex-Library; Vol. 426; 120 pages .
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- Seller
- Mike's Library (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 14786
- Title
- The Arte of Brachygraphie That Is, to Write As Fast As a Man Speaketh Treatably, Writing but One Letter for a Word : London 1597
- Author
- Bales, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint Ed
- ISBN 10
- 9022104265
- ISBN 13
- 9789022104262
- Publisher
- Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm / Da Capo Press
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- 9022104265, Shorthand -- Early works to 1800., Stenography, Writing Techniques
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