The compleat penman; or young clerk's companion; exemplified in all the various hands, and forms of business, ... by William Richards,

People / Organizations

• Jacob Robinson ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for J Robinson, [1747]

Publication year

1747

ESTC No.

T120516

Grub Street ID

171540

Description

[2],4p.,plates ; 4°.

Note

The titlepage is engraved

A reissue, with a four-page letterpress 'Introduction to the art of penmanship', of most of the plates of the edition sold by the author, Wilcox and Cole - In: 'The universal library of trade and commerce', London, printed for J. Robinson, 1747.

Uncontrolled note

Original issue not seen, but published in [1738?], as a separate work, Ambrose Heal, 'The English writing-masters and their copy-books 1570-1800', Cambridge, 1931, p.180