The penman's hand-book : for penmen and students, embracing a history of writing ... many complete alphabets ... ; Also, Chapters on teaching penmanship, business letter writing, off-hand flourishing ... etc. (1883)
Gaskell, G. A. (George A.), b. 1844 · New York City : The author · leaf 17
hich describes onehundred and eighty modes of secret writing. Herman Hugo, a Jesuit, in 1617, published awork—Prima Origine—on the first origin of writ-ing. This was translated into German in 1738, bya man named Trotz, and was again translated intoFrench, and published in Paris in 1774. This… … Pen Drawing. Date, 1495 lair Writing ; this was followed by another bookwhich he styled The Whole Art of Expedition inWriting. This latter appeared in 1668, in quartoform. About this time, Sir William Petty published hiswork on double writing, which was on much thesame principle, we presume, as the…
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