Metcalfe, Theophilus:

$1,250 · Offered by William Reese Company

SHORT-WRITING. THE MOST EASIE, EXACT, LINEAL, AND SPEEDY METHOD THAT HATH EVER BEEN OBTAINED OR TAUGHT. Styled on the engraved titlepage as "The 55th Edition newly corrected and amended," and the ninth edition listed in ESTC. Metcalfe's work on shorthand was first entered into Stationers' Hall in 1633, though no copy is extant; the first edition listed in ESTC is dated 1652 and billed on the titlepage as the eighth edition. Metcalfe's work intersperses a treatise on shorthand with engraved plates showing the various squiggles and symbols that represent different words and letters. Rare in any edition, with only three copies of this edition listed in ESTC: National Library of Scotland, Maine Historical Society, and the University of Illinois.

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