Arts advancement or The most exact, lineal, swift, short, and easy method of short-hand-writing hitherto extant : is now (after a view of all others, and above twenty years practice) built on a new foundation, & raised to a higher degree of perfection than was ever before attained by any. Invented & composed by William Mason teacher of the art, in Princes Court in Loathbury, neare the Royal Exchange; London. Where these books are to be had, & such as desire to learn, may (by him) be expediciously taught, at very reasonable rates.
1682
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Arts advancement or The most exact, lineal, swift, short, and easy method of short-hand-writing hitherto extant : is now (after a view of all others, and above twenty years practice) built on a new foundation, & raised to a higher degree of perfection than was ever before attained by any. Invented & composed by William Mason teacher of the art, in Princes Court in Loathbury, neare the Royal Exchange; London. Where these books are to be had, & such as desire to learn, may (by him) be expediciously taught, at very reasonable rates.
Created/published
[London] : The booke is also sold by these book-sellers. Mr. Benj: Alsop at the Angel & Bible in the Poultry. Mr Wilkins at ye Starr in Cheapside Mr Jacob Sampson in just nth: in Ludgate. Mr. Thom: Fox in Westminster Hall. And severall others. Price bound 1s. 6d. Printed for the author, 1682.
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24 leaves : port. ; (12mo)
Note
Engraved throughout on facing pages. Includes frontis. portrait of author.
At foot of title page: Ben: Rhodes sculpsit.
Text (paginated sequence) on facing pages, opposing pages (unpaginated sequence) blank.
At foot of title page: Ben: Rhodes sculpsit.
Text (paginated sequence) on facing pages, opposing pages (unpaginated sequence) blank.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print.
Cited/described in
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 (CD-ROM, 1996), M941
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R33503
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R33503
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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M941