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The art of writing, reduced to a plain and easy system [electronic resource] : On a plan entirely new. In seven books. By John Jenkins, writing master. Book I. Containing a plain, easy and familiar introduction to the art. [Three lines from Moore] (Published according to act of Congress.).
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jenkins, John, 1755?-1823.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Copybooks.
- Genre:
- Writing books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (32 p., [5] leaves of plates ) ill. ;
- Other Title:
- Art of writing, reduced to a plain and easy system
- Place of Publication:
- Printed in Boston : by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, at Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street, MDCCXCI. [1791]
- Notes:
- The first American treatise on penmanship. Cf. Nash R. Amer. penmanship.
- No more published.
- Plates engraved by Joel Allen.
- Parentheses substituted for square brackets in statement of responsibility.
- Several pages printed in two columns.
- Printers' monogram device, p. [9].
- Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 23469
- English Short Title Catalog, W11697.
- OCLC:
- 510958596
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