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A$75 · Offered by Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
Single leaf from The Universal Penman. Engraved by George Bickham, London 1739. *Originally published in instalments over 15 years, The Universal Penman was the largest compendium on penmanship, flourishes and calligraphic illustrations ever published. Bickham lived from 1684 to 1758 - a period when the script letter had been developed to its most beautiful state. 186ED . Item #087087
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