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MANUAL OF HANDWRITING
1795 "The Penman's Repository." Wm. Milns. London. 4to. 36 plates. Containing 70 correct alphabets, a valuable selection of flourishes, and a variety of new designs.
1801 "The Select Penman." London. 8vo. "Consisting of copious extracts from all the most excellent performances now in esteem. Being alphabets, copies, sentences, etc., in all the Hands carefully digested and beautifully engraved on twenty copper plates by the best hands."
1803 "The Origin and Progress of Writing." Th. Astle. London. Folio. A most admirable production, illustrated with valuable and numerous plates. The talented author has done his work well, and has written a book which for thoroughness, detail, information and originality is a standard of reference and a classic on the subject.
1804 "The Art of Reading, Writing, etc." London. 8vo. A general handbook of 44 pages containing miscellaneous hints on "Writing a free and expeditious hand which may be attained in a few days." (!) Some plates of headlines are inserted.
1805 "Geographical and Commercial Copies." H. Genery. London. 8vo. Twenty-six plates of Copies (chiefly plain) in various sizes of writing, with some ornamental alphabets.
1809 "New Universal Penman." Butterworth. Edinburgh. Folio. Thirty-two large plates of Capitals, Designs, Plain and Ornamental Lettering, Writing Copies, and Flourishings.
1810 "The Desideratum of Penmanship." G. C. Rapier. Leeds. 12mo. "The true principles by which to teach the art." Fourteen plates of letters (small and capitals) and headlines with seven pages of text supplying instructions as to position, etc.
1814 "Writing on an Improved Plan." London. 8vo. Four pages of directions and six plates of exercises.
1815 "Superior, Free, Elegant, and Swift Writing." G. B. King. London. In six lessons to which is added a System (entirely new) for writing exercises. Six pages of text and six plates of specimens.
1817 "The Preparative Writing Book." J. Dobbin. London. 4to. Twelve plates of Headlines with lines ruled for writing. (A copy book of 12 pages.)
1835 "Autographs" of Celebrated Personages. J. Netherclift. London. Fol. Several plates of grouped autographs.
1839 "Plain and Ornamental Penmanship." F. D. Sutcliffe Warley. Manchester. Fol. Five large plates of designs in plain and ornamental Penmanship.
1840 "Flowers of Penmanship." W. Paton. London. Folio. Fourteen plates illustrative of Ornamental Penmanship and Lettering with portrait of Author. No text save preface.
1842 "Penmanship." H. B. Foster. Boston, U.S. 12mo. 88 pp. Fifty-two pages of instructions for positions, analysis of letters, formation of Capitals, etc., with thirty-six pages of headlines in red for tracing over.
1844 "Beauties of Writing." T. Tomkins. London. Fol. Forty-one