The pen's excellencie, or, The secretaries delight [electronic resource] : wherein aswell the abuses wch [sic] 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 ... ; the Greeke & Hebrewe with other peeces never yet extant are hereunto by the authour exactlie added.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Early English Books Online)
Main Author: Billingsley, Martin, b. 1591
Other title:Secretaries delight.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [London] : Are to be solde by Io. Sudbury & George Humble in Popeshead alley, [between 1620-1630?]
Series:Early English books online.
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Item Description:Contains engraved t.p. and letter of dedication.
Imperfect: some leaves of plates unnumbered; engraved port., plate 26, some others? lacking.
Signature B² recto line 3 ends ànd'; line 14 has ̀Carpers' with swash ̀C'
Signatures: B-D⁴
Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library.
Physical Description:1 online resource ([27] p., 28 leaves of plates :) ill.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Citation/References Note:STC (2nd ed.)