Short-writing shotned [sic]: or, The art of short-writing reduced to a method more speedy, plain, exact, and easie, than hath been heretofore published. In which, the principal difficulties and discouragements that have been found in short-writing, particularly the buthening of memory with, and inconvenient joyning of many characters, are removed; and the whole art so disposed, that all usual words may be written with aptnesse and brevity. By John Farthing late author and teacher thereof, who had practised short-writing 46. years
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- Short-writing shotned [sic]: or, The art of short-writing reduced to a method more speedy, plain, exact, and easie, than hath been heretofore published. In which, the principal difficulties and discouragements that have been found in short-writing, particularly the buthening of memory with, and inconvenient joyning of many characters, are removed; and the whole art so disposed, that all usual words may be written with aptnesse and brevity. By John Farthing late author and teacher thereof, who had practised short-writing 46. years
- Short-writing shotned: or, The art of short-writing reduced to a method more speedy, plain, exact, and easie, than hath been heretofore published.; Art of short-writing reduced to a method more speedy, plain, exact, and easie, than hath been heretofore published; Short-writing shortned
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London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, at the Bible and Three-Crowns in Cheapside near Mercers-Chappel, 1684.
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Parkhurst, Thomas, -1711?, bookseller.; Cross, Thomas, active 1632-1682, engraver.
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- 1684
- ESTC No.
- R213309
- Grub Street ID
- 88794
- Description
- [22], 33-38, 8 p. ; 8°.
- Note
- The last 8 pages are an advertisement for John Marshall, bookseller
The 20 unnumbered pages after the title page are engraved
The engraving with the "Lords Prayer" is signed: "T. Cross sculpsit".