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The art of writing reduced to a plain and easy system : on a plan entirely new, in seven books / by John Jenkins, writing master. ; revised, enlarged & improved. Book I. Containing a plain easy and familiar introduction, which may be considered as a grammar to the art ...

Accession number
PML 87438
Creator
Jenkins, John, 1755?-1823.
Published
Cambridge : Printed for the author., [1813]
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
No more published.
Two engravings are by Jenkins (script), with vignettes by P. Maverick and T. Gimbrede; one engraving by A. Reed.
Engraved title and ten plates.
The book first appeared in 1791, and is much more than a writing book. It contains a plea for better schools and teaching methods.
"Andover....Printed by Flagg & Gould, 1813"--P.[iii].
Description
68 p., plates : engravings ; 21 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Original calf backed boards and marbled newspaper sides.
Classification
Department