The new invention, intituled, calligraphia: or, the arte of faire writing vvherein is comprehended the whole necessarie rules thereof; by which anie who is capable and carefull to learne, may without the helpe of any other teacher, under God, both bee informed concerning the right writing of the most usuall characters in the world; and perfectly instructed how to write one of the most frequent in Europe, called the secretarie. ... By His Majesties scribe, Master David Browne.

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The new invention, intituled, calligraphia: or, the arte of faire writing vvherein is comprehended the whole necessarie rules thereof; by which anie who is capable and carefull to learne, may without the helpe of any other teacher, under God, both bee informed concerning the right writing of the most usuall characters in the world; and perfectly instructed how to write one of the most frequent in Europe, called the secretarie. ... By His Majesties scribe, Master David Browne.
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Browne, David, fl. 1622-1638.
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Sainct-Andrewes :: Printed by Edward Raban, printer to the Vniversitie,
1622. With priviledge.
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Penmanship -- Early works to 1800.
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"The new invention, intituled, calligraphia: or, the arte of faire writing vvherein is comprehended the whole necessarie rules thereof; by which anie who is capable and carefull to learne, may without the helpe of any other teacher, under God, both bee informed concerning the right writing of the most usuall characters in the world; and perfectly instructed how to write one of the most frequent in Europe, called the secretarie. ... By His Majesties scribe, Master David Browne." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A17027.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.

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DIVISIONS. Serving likewise as an Index, by declaring on what Page eve∣ry Division beginneth.

THis Arte divideth it selfe in two parts, one Generall, and another Speciall: the one comprehēdeth all necessarie Rules

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of Preparation whereby, beginning on the 1. page: and diverse Rules of Information how to write the moste usuall formes of Characters in the Worlde, pag. 31. And the other containeth the remnant Rules of Information, 45. And all the Rules of Perfection, howe to attaine to one of the moste frequent sortes in EVROPE, cal∣led the SECRETARIE, 144.

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