The penn's practice : a new copy book containing sundry examples necessary for ye accomplishmt. of clerks mert-apprentices & c by Alex Brodie writing-master in Edinburgh. W. Elder sculp.

The penn's practice : a new copy book containing sundry examples necessary for ye accomplishmt. of clerks mert-apprentices & c by Alex Brodie writing-master in Edinburgh. W. Elder sculp.

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Author / Creator:	Brodie, Alexander, active 1722.
Imprint:	[Edinburgh : s.n., 1696?]
Description:	1 online resource ([30] p.)
Language:	English
Subject:	Writing, Italic -- Early works to 1800. Copybooks -- Early works to 1800. Copybooks. Writing, Italic. Early works.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11838017

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Other authors / contributors:	Elder, William, active 1680-1700, engraver.
Notes:	Fomerly Wing B4834B ("no entry" in Wing CD-ROM). Engraved throughout except for the leaf of dedication to the Town Council of Edinburgh, referring to this book as the "first of that kind ever published in this kingdom." Some of the samples are dated 1696. Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

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