Publications of John Farthing

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• Farthing, John. Short-writing shortned [sic]: or, the art of short-writing reduced to a method more speedy, plain, exact, and easie, then hath been heretofore published. In which, the principal difficulties and discouragements that have been found in short-writing, particularly the buthening of memory with, and inconvenient joyning of many characters, are removed; and the whole art so disposed, that all usual words may be written with aptnesse and brevity. By John Farthing authour and teachre thereof, who wrote Mr Christopher Love's trial and hath practised short-writing thi 26. years. London: printed for Tho. Underhill, and are to be sold at the Blew Anchor in Pauls Church-yard, and by the authour at his House in Olaves-street in Southwark, and at his chamber in the house that was Alderman Freemans in Cornhill, near the Royall Exchange, 1654. ESTC No. R176973. Grub Street ID 69270.
• Farthing, John. Short-writing shotned[sic]: or, The art of short-writing reduced to a method more speedy, plain, exact, and easie, than hath been heretofore published. In which, the principal difficulties and discouragements that have been found in short-writing, particularly the buthenin of memory with, and inconvenient joyning of many characters, are removed; and the whole art so disposed, that all usual words may be written with aptnesse and brevity. By John Farthing late author and teacher thereof, who had practised short-writing 46. years. London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, at the Bible and Three-Crowns in Cheapside near Mercers-Chappel, 1684. ESTC No. R213309. Grub Street ID 88794.