Penna volans or The young mans accomplishment being the quintessence of those curious arts writing & arithmetick whereby ingenious youths may soone be made for cleark-ship fit, or management of trade. Invented written & engraven by Edward Cocker

All titles

• Penna volans or The young mans accomplishment being the quintessence of those curious arts writing & arithmetick whereby ingenious youths may soone be made for cleark-ship fit, or management of trade. Invented written & engraven by Edward Cocker
• Young mans accomplishment

People / Organizations

• John Ruddiard ("printed for")
• Edward Cocker (Author)

Imprint

London] : Printed for John Ruddiard at [the] Unicorn in Cornhill in the Piaza, 1661.

Added name

Ruddiard, John, bookseller.

Publication year

1661

ESTC No.

R218628

Grub Street ID

93268

Description

12 p., [2], 23 leaves of plates : port. ; obl. 2°.

Note

These plates were issued with two settings of the letterpress text. Wing does not distinguish between the letterpress settings. In this setting the catchword on p.2 is "Strokes,"

The title page is engraved

The imprint date appears under the the authorship statement

The plates are numbered 1-23; the frontispiece portrait and title page are unnumbered

Letterpress leaves bound after plates

Colophon reads: London, printed for John Ruddiard, at the Unicorn in the Piazza under the Royal Exchange in Cornhill

Letterpress signatures: A-C]2.

Uncontrolled note

Wing reports "to be sold by Matt. Collings"; an error?