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The standard rules of the round and round-text hands mathematically demonstrating how better alphabets of those hands may be performed, than have ever yet been published in Great-Britain. Absolutely Necessary to be Known by all Writing-Masters, and others, who would gain a Perfect Knowledge of those Hands; and very Useful for Engravers, Painters, Masons, &c. who may have Occasion to Draw Large Inscriptions. Invented by Charles Snell, late Writing-Master and Accomptant.

Title
The standard rules of the round and round-text hands [electronic resource] : mathematically demonstrating how better alphabets of those hands may be performed, than have ever yet been published in Great-Britain. Absolutely Necessary to be Known by all Writing-Masters, and others, who would gain a Perfect Knowledge of those Hands; and very Useful for Engravers, Painters, Masons, &c. who may have Occasion to Draw Large Inscriptions. Invented by Charles Snell, late Writing-Master and Accomptant.
Author
Snell, Charles, 1667-1733.
Publication
London : printed for, and sold by Henry Overton, at the White-Horse, without Newgate, MDCCXLIV. [1744]

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Description
[2],vi,[2]p.,plates; obl.2⁰.
Subject
Penmanship, English > Early works to 1800
Genre/Form
Essays.
Note
  • The plates, lettered A-F, are engraved by George Bickham, Snr.
  • Plate A is dated 1714.
  • With a final advertisement leaf.
  • Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Indexed In (note)
  • Heal, A. Engl. writing-masters.
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642169510
  • ECCO1-N23248
Author
Snell, Charles, 1667-1733.
Title
The standard rules of the round and round-text hands [electronic resource] : mathematically demonstrating how better alphabets of those hands may be performed, than have ever yet been published in Great-Britain. Absolutely Necessary to be Known by all Writing-Masters, and others, who would gain a Perfect Knowledge of those Hands; and very Useful for Engravers, Painters, Masons, &c. who may have Occasion to Draw Large Inscriptions. Invented by Charles Snell, late Writing-Master and Accomptant.
Imprint
London : printed for, and sold by Henry Overton, at the White-Horse, without Newgate, MDCCXLIV. [1744]
Indexed In:
Heal, A. Engl. writing-masters., Pp.161-2
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, N23248.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
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