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Gurney's easy and compendious system of shorthand : adapted to the arts and sciences, and to the learned professions. Improved by Thomas Sergeant [i.e., Sarjeant].

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gurney, Thomas, 1705-1770.
Contributor:
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839, bookseller.
Dickson, William, 1764?-1823, printer.
Dickson, Robert, 1765?-1802, printer.
Sarjeant, Thomas, editor.
Sarjeant, Thomas, illustrator.
Birch, engraver.
Series:
Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
Standardized Title:
Brachygraphy
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Gurney, Thomas, 1705-1770--Portraits.
Gurney, Thomas.
Gurney, Thomas, 1705-1770.
Shorthand.
Genre:
Writing books.
Textbooks.
Portraits.
Physical Description:
3 unnumbered pages,6-38 pages; 1 unnumbered leaf of plates,XII leaves of plates : 1 portrait ; 12⁰
Edition:
Second American edition. [Four lines of verse].
Place of Publication:
[Philadelphia] : Printed for Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, by W. & R. Dickson, Lancaster, June 17, 1799.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
Half-title wanting? - Plates drawn by J. Sarjeant; plates and frontispiece portrait of Gurney engraved by Birch.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.
Cited in:
Evans, 35578
Rink, E. Technical Americana, 1981
English Short Title Catalog, W23155.
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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