Les elemens ou premieres instructions de la jeunesse. Nouvelle edition, revuë, corrigée & considerablement augmentée.
by BLEGNY, ETIENNE DE
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Lavardin, France
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Paris, G. Cavelier, 1751. With full-page engraved portrait of the author, 40 full-page plates with calligraphic specimens engraved by C.A. Berey. [12], 20, 411, [5] pp. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine. Binding slightly damaged at top and bottom of spine; some staining in the lower part of the pages throughout & paper in lower margin page 20 a bit torn.
A later, enlarged, edition of this popular and attractive French writing manual. The 40 plates are divided into two sections, the first titled 'Nouveaux exemplaires d'ecriture d'une beauté singuliar', the second 'Exemplaires d'ecriture Italienne batarde'. In addition to handwriting, the text includes chapters on manners, orthography, composition, and arithmetic. Blegny, a Paris writing master, first published his manual in 1691, and it stayed popular throughout the 18th century. [Bonacini 223 (the calligraphed specimens only, undated); cf. Berlin Kat. 5119 (ed. 1735); Gumuchian 5170-5171 (editions 1735 and 1751); Marzioli 57 (ed. 1691)].
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- Les elemens ou premieres instructions de la jeunesse. Nouvelle edition, revuë, corrigée & considerablement augmentée.
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- BLEGNY, ETIENNE DE
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- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1751
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