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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 publish'd 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, Writing-Master and Accomptant at the Free Writing-School in Foster-Lane, With whom Young Gentlemen may Board.

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 publish'd 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, Writing-Master and Accomptant at the Free Writing-School in Foster-Lane, With whom Young Gentlemen may Board.
Author
Snell, Charles, 1667-1733.
Publication
London : printed for and sold by Henry Overton and John Hoole, at the White Horse without Newgate, 1728.

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Description
[4],viii p.,plates; obl.2⁰.
Alternative Title
Standard rules of the round and round-text hands
Subject
Penmanship, English > Early works to 1800
Note
  • The plates, lettered A-F, are engraved by George Bickham, Snr.
  • Plate A is dated 1714.
  • Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • Heal, A. Engl. writing-masters.
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642169511
  • ECCO1-N23249
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 publish'd 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, Writing-Master and Accomptant at the Free Writing-School in Foster-Lane, With whom Young Gentlemen may Board.
Imprint
London : printed for and sold by Henry Overton and John Hoole, at the White Horse without Newgate, 1728.
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, N23249.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
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