A tutor to penmanship, or, The writing master a copy shewing all the variety of pemanship and clerkship as now practised in England : in II parts / by John Ayres.

All titles

• A tutor to penmanship, or, The writing master a copy shewing all the variety of pemanship and clerkship as now practised in England : in II parts / by John Ayres.
• Writing master

People / Organizations

• John Ayres (Author)

Imprint

[London?]: sold by ye author, [1698?]

Publication year

1698-1698

ESTC No.

R23637

Grub Street ID

107159

Description

[52] leaves of plates : : port. obl. 2⁰

Note

Engraved by J. Sturt.

Format from Wing.

Uncontrolled note

DFo edp oblong folio; [50] leaves of plates (including the port.); the Folger has photostats from BM copy of what look to be 4 leaves of printed prelims, containing prefaces by Ayres and Sturt (I can't make out the format of these leaves, though they are definitely not oblong folio); Folger card cat. references A. Heal, The English Writing-Masters (1931), p. 152 (i.e. for info on the prefaces); Wing has imprint: Sold by ye author, and S. Crouch, [London, 1698.]; Folger copy imprint matches m'film's