Tachygraphy : the most exact and compendious method of short and swift writing, that hath ever yet been published by any / composed by Thomas Shelton, author and professour of the said art ; approved by both the universities.
Shelton, Thomas, 1601-1650?, author.; Simmons, Samuel, 1640-1687, printer.; Woolstencroft, Richard (Bookbinder of Warrington, England), binder.; Hamilton, Alexander, active 17th century?, former owner.; Jackson, John, 1793-1875, former owner.; McMinnies, John Gordon, 1817-1890, former owner.; Warrington Museum and Library, former owner.
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Title
Tachygraphy : the most exact and compendious method of short and swift writing, that hath ever yet been published by any / composed by Thomas Shelton, author and professour of the said art ; approved by both the universities.
Created/published
London : Printed by S. Simmons, dwelling next door to the Golden Lion in Aldersgate Street, 1674.
Description
[10], 43, [1] p. : ill. ; 15 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Shelton, Thomas, 1601-1650?, author.
Simmons, Samuel, 1640-1687, printer.
Woolstencroft, Richard (Bookbinder of Warrington, England), binder.
Hamilton, Alexander, active 17th century?, former owner.
Jackson, John, 1793-1875, former owner.
McMinnies, John Gordon, 1817-1890, former owner.
Warrington Museum and Library, former owner.
Simmons, Samuel, 1640-1687, printer.
Woolstencroft, Richard (Bookbinder of Warrington, England), binder.
Hamilton, Alexander, active 17th century?, former owner.
Jackson, John, 1793-1875, former owner.
McMinnies, John Gordon, 1817-1890, former owner.
Warrington Museum and Library, former owner.
Note
Caption title reads: The art of short-writing.
Signatures: A⁸[-A8] B-C⁸ D⁴.
Title within ornamental border.
Illustrated with tables of shorthand symbols.
Text within line borders; initials.
Pages 24, 32, 34, and 36 are blank.
Leaves C2, C3, D1, D3, and D4 unsigned.
Includes a colophon on p. 43, and on page 44, an engraved coat of arms, "the Lords praier," "The Articles of the Creed," and "The ten Commandments" in shorthand.
Signatures: A⁸[-A8] B-C⁸ D⁴.
Title within ornamental border.
Illustrated with tables of shorthand symbols.
Text within line borders; initials.
Pages 24, 32, 34, and 36 are blank.
Leaves C2, C3, D1, D3, and D4 unsigned.
Includes a colophon on p. 43, and on page 44, an engraved coat of arms, "the Lords praier," "The Articles of the Creed," and "The ten Commandments" in shorthand.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2015. Decoding the Renaissance. November 11, 2014 to February 26, 2015. Opening: A6v-A7r.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, R219620
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), S3082
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), S3082
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Manuals (Handbooks)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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262- 551q
Folger-specific note
B2 torn at foot with some loss of rule; some leaves shaved partial loss of headline or rule. With an added engraved title page from the 1671 edition. Autograph: Alexander Hamilton. Armorial bookplate of the Borough of Warrington: From the library of John Jackson, Academy Place, Warrington. Presented to the Warrington Museum & Library by John Gordon McMinnies, Oct. 1875. Manuscript numbers. Bound in 19th-century brown goatskin with blind stamps and filleting, stamped: Bound by Woolstencroft, Warrington. Excerpt from earlier bookseller's description mounted at end. Acquired from Christie's (7275:94), 2006-11-21
Folger accession
262551