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Author Billingsley, Martin, 1591-
Title The pen's excellencie, or, The secretaries delight : wherein aswell the abuses wch are offered vnto ye worthines of ye pen by unworthie pen men are trulie dicovered, and ye dignity of ye art it self by ye antiquitie, excellencie & diversitie thereof is breifly demonstrated : together with an insertion of sondrie peeces, or examples, of all ye vsuall hands of England : as also an addition of certaine methodicall observations for writing, making of the pen, holding the pen, &c. / written by Martin Billingsley.
Alternative Title Secretaries delight
Publication Info [London] : Are to be solde by Wilham Humble, 1641.



Descript 28 leaves of plates : ill.
Note Date on frontispiece reads 1648 ; date on title page 1641.
Place of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed.).
Reproduction of original in: Bodleian Library.
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Author Billingsley, Martin, 1591-
Series Early English books online.
Subject Penmenship -- Early works to 1800.
Copybooks -- Early works to 1800.
Alternative Title Secretaries delight
Descript 28 leaves of plates : ill.
Note Date on frontispiece reads 1648 ; date on title page 1641.
Place of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed.).
Reproduction of original in: Bodleian Library.
Author Billingsley, Martin, 1591-
Series Early English books online.
Subject Penmenship -- Early works to 1800.
Copybooks -- Early works to 1800.
Alternative Title Secretaries delight

Subject Penmenship -- Early works to 1800.
Copybooks -- Early works to 1800.
Descript 28 leaves of plates : ill.
Note Date on frontispiece reads 1648 ; date on title page 1641.
Place of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed.).
Reproduction of original in: Bodleian Library.

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