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.

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  • 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.
  • Short-writing shortened: or, the art of short-writing reduced to a method more speedy, plain, exact, and easie, then hath been heretofore published Short-writing shortned: or, the art of short-writing reduced to a method more speedy, plain, exact, and easie, then hath been heretofore published
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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.
Publication year
1654-1654
ESTC No.
R176973
Grub Street ID
69270
Description
[38] p. ; 8⁰
Note
With an engraved title page: Short-writing shortned or the art of short writing reduced to a method more speedy plaine exact & easy then hath beene heretofore published. ... London printed for Tho: Vnderhill and are to be sould by him and by the author 1654.

Many engraved pages. Engraved tp signed T. Cross sculpsit.
Uncontrolled note
Possibly lacking an engraved tp. Stub preceeds tp, 2nd leaf signed A4. With vertical chain lines