Penna volans or The young mans accomplishment being the quintessence of those curious arts writing & arithmetick whereby ingenious youths may soone be made for cleark-ship fit, or management of trade. Invented written & engraven by Edward Cocker

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• Penna volans or The young mans accomplishment being the quintessence of those curious arts writing & arithmetick whereby ingenious youths may soone be made for cleark-ship fit, or management of trade. Invented written & engraven by Edward Cocker
• Young mans accomplishment

People / Organizations

• Edward Cocker (Author)

Imprint

London] : Printed for John Ruddiard at [the] Unicorn in Cornhill in the Piazza, 1661.

Added name

Ruddiard, John, bookseller.

Publication year

1661

ESTC No.

R229628

Grub Street ID

102079

Description

20 p., [2], 23 leaves of plates : port. ; obl. 2°.

Note

These plates were issued with two settings of the letterpress text. Wing does not distinguish between the letterpress settings. In this setting the catchword on p.2 is "The"; p.13 has signature "E" und the "w d" of "draw down"; p.15 the last word "assigne" is printed with two long s's

The title page is engraved

The imprint date appears under the the authorship statement

The plates are numbered 1-23; the frontispiece portrait and title page are unnumbered

Letterpress leaves bound after plates

Letterpress signatures: B-F]2.

Uncontrolled note

Cf. Wing C4849 which reports "to be sold by Matt. Collings"; an error?