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The art of writing : reduced to a plain and easy system, on a plan entirely new, in seven books / by John Jenkins ; Book 1. containing a plain easy and familiar introduction, which may be considered as a grammar to the art.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jenkins, John, 1755?-1823.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Penmanship.
- Penn Provenance:
- Penniman, James Hosmer (donor)
- Treat, Samuel (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- xlviii, 68 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Revised, enlarged, improved.
- Manufacture:
- Andover : Printed by Flagg & Gould.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Printed for the author, [1813]
- Notes:
- No more published?
- Edition statement precedes "Book 1 ..."
- Frontispiece is portrait of the author, second plate is engraved title page.
- According to the Statement, &c., p. [69]-[72], the author seems to have petitioned the Massachusetts Legislature (unsuccessfully?) to defray the cost of publication.
- Local Notes:
- Imperfect: portrait and 2 plates wanting.
- OCLC:
- 3766479
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