01728crm\a22002175i\4500 1134121 20260408154900.0 230721s1770\\\\enk\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\zxx\\ [Pencase incorporating inkwell and quill holder] [realia] England, ca. 1770. 1 item ; 16.75 cm three-dimensional form tdf rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance. DFo dispersed 2024-10-30 DJL local DFo Writing equipment. aat Pen cases. aat Great Britain England, publication place. naf The B. F. Saul Rare Book Acquisitions Fund, funder. SaulREF757047 DFo US-DFo 272823 272823 39 x 24 cm From dealer's description: "22. [PENMANSHIP.] [A Georgian penner, in three parts, incorporating inkwell and quill holder.] [England, c.1770.] Penner (length 16.75cm, width at maximum 3.2cm) in three parts, the base housing a glass inkwell, the handle opening to house quills, the whole in blind-stamped leather over card, light wear to extremities, very good. This Georgian penner can be dated to c.1770. Intended for use while travelling, the leather casing slides apart into three sections, housing a glass inkwell in the base and a quill holder in the handle. The blind-stamped leather exterior is decorated simply with ruled hatching and a floral sprig design. Penners of various designs were produced during the early modern era in horn, leather and metal, including examples in silver. A rare survival." Ordered from Samuel Gedge, D9666, 223-07-07, Catalogue XXXIV, item #22 1000138 Purchase made possible by The B. F.Saul Rare Book Acquisitions Fund. oai:catalog.folger.edu:1134121 GLOBAL_SET BIB ORDER Vault 03484cam\a2200469\\\4500 168275 20260412172223.0 920820s1611\\\\enk||||\\\\\\\00|\||eng\d ESTCS119990 168275 Cu-RivES Cu-RivES CStRLIN dcrb UtOrBLW New booke, containing all sortes of handes usually written at this daie. A nevv booke, containing all sorts of hands vsually written at this day in Christendome : as the English and French Secretary, the Roman, Italian, French, Spanish, high and low Dutch, court and chancerie hands: with examples of each of them in their proper tongue and letter. Also an example of the true and iust proportion of the Romane capitals. Collected by the best approued writers in these languages. New booke, containing all sorts of hands usually written at this day in Christendome Rules made by E.B. for children to write by Imprinted at London : By Richard Field, 1611. [77+] p. : ill. ; (4to) text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia 4to rdabf illustration rdaill Sometimes attributed to Jehan de Beau-Chesne, but the woodcut specimens include only a few from Beauchesne. Has later setting than STC 6446 of the "Rules made by E.B. for his children to learn to write by". In STC 6446 the "Rules" are in the same typesetting as, but in a different imposition from STC 3361.7--Cf. STC. The first section of the "Rules" ends: "colour more dim"--Cf. STC. "Rules" read: Rules made by E.B. for children to write by. Identified as STC 6449a on UMI microfilm. Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 3361.7 English short title catalogue (ESTC), S119990 Portions also available as a digital reproduction. DFo. revised 2017-01 EEW 1 link Luna local DFo revised 2026-04-12 EB batch edit to move cs or acc no. from start of $z into its own $j local DFo Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print. DFo Copybooks sh 85099492 Early works to 1800. sh 99001366 Writing sh 85148637 Specimens sh 99001749 Early works to 1800. sh 99001366 Beau-Chesne, Jehan de, n 86081598, attributed name. E. B., active 1571. nr 93003581. Rules made by E.B. for his children to learn to write by. Rules made by E.B. for his children to learn to write by. Great Britain England London. naf US-DFo DeckB-STC STC 6449.2 Bd.w. STC 3062 STC 3361.7 Bd.w. STC 3062.3 Bound in contemporary vellum (rebacked), with the arms of Augustine Vincent on both covers. Bound with: Billingsley, Martin. The pen's excellencie. [London, 1618?] - a fragment of a French writing book (?) - [44 Maps of England, Wales, and Ireland]. Imperfect; many leaves lacking making it impossible to determine signature collation reclassified 2016-12-19 DJL 163170 cs1427.2 https://digitalcollections.folger.edu/bib168275-163170 Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 3361.7 Bd.w. STC 3062.3 Y N DFo Y 06-12-98 JDB CLE oai:catalog.folger.edu:168275 GLOBAL_SET z n BIB Online Vault 06/12/98 c 9125 DFo ESTCS119990 08/20/92 980612 980610 ESTC GOING IN 02293cam\a2200373\\\4500 148646 20251009085944.0 811022s1698\\\\enk||||\\\\\\\00|\||eng\d ESTCR23637 148646 Cu-RivES Cu-RivES CStRLIN dcrb UtOrBLW Ayres, John, active 1680-1700, n 83124699, author. A tutor to penmanship, or, The writing master : a copy shewing all the variety of pemanship and clerkship as now practised in England : in II parts / by John Ayres. Writing master [London?] : Sold by ye author, [1698?] [52] leaves of plates : port. ; obl. (fol.) text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia folio rdabf portrait rdaill Engraved by J. Sturt. Format from Wing. Unedited record. DFo edp oblong folio; [50] leaves of plates (including the port.); the Folger has photostats from BM copy of what look to be 4 leaves of printed prelims, containing prefaces by Ayres and Sturt (I can't make out the format of these leaves, though they are definitely not oblong folio); Folger card cat. references A. Heal, The English Writing-Masters (1931), p. 152 (i.e. for info on the prefaces); Wing has imprint: Sold by ye author, and S. Crouch, [London, 1698.]; Folger copy imprint matches m'film's 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.), A4306 English short title catalogue (ESTC), R23637 C. Copybooks. sh 85099492 Calligraphy. sh 85018955 Sturt, John, 1658-1730. n 82143135 Great Britain England London. naf US-DFo DeckC-Rare A4306.2 (folio) 201968. The author port. is trimmed and mounted. With photostats of the printed prefaces by Ayres and Sturt supplied from the BM copy 132900 https://digitalcollections.folger.edu/img7835 Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library A4306.2 N N DFo Y 05-18-01 edp edp oai:catalog.folger.edu:148646 GLOBAL_SET z n BIB Vault Online 05/18/01 c 9125 DFo ESTCR23637 05/18/01 010518 991127 ESTC 01194cam\a2200313Ma\4500 351398 20251009112852.0 920709s1619\\\\it\a\\\\\\\\\\000\0\ita\d (OCoLC)ocm80766880 (OCoLC)80766880 CSfSt eng VA@ JPG OCLCF OCLCO OCLCQ UtOrBLW UXGA Z43.A5 R85 1619 269825 Ruinetti, Tomaso, author. Idea del buon scrittore : opera prima / di Tomaso Ruinetti da Raueña ; à beneficio de' desiderosi d'imitare le uere forme dello scriuere. [Romae] : Christof. Blanco, 1619. [1], 43 leaves : illustrations, portrait ; 22 x 32 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier illustration portrait rdaill "Intagliata da Christof. Blanco -- title page. This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance. DFo Calligraphy. sh 85018955 Penmanship. sh 85099491 Blanco, Christoforo. Italy. naf US-DFo DeckC-Rare 269825 500030 269825 oai:catalog.folger.edu:351398 GLOBAL_SET BIB Vault C0 UXG 02632ctm\a2200493Ia\4500 193478 20251009095846.0 041109s1250\\\\fr\\\\\\\\\\\\000\0\lat\d (OCoLC)ocn591041637 (OCoLC)591041637 (DCFGES)10102735 193478 DFo amremm UXG UtOrBLW UXGA Catholic Church. n 79041716 Decretales Gregorii IX. $k Selections Decretals of Gregory IX (fragment) [manuscript], ca. 1250. 2 leaves ; 324-328 x 230-236 mm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia Manuscript on vellum. Manuscript fragments. Title devised by cataloger. Layout: Written in 2 columns of 41 lines for text, 76 lines for annotations (dimensions of written space: 172 x 120 mm; including annotations 229 x 215 mm); ruled in lead. Script: Main text written in Gothic Book-hand; annotations written in Gothic Glossing script. Decoration: Pen flourished initials in red and blue ink. Origin: Probably written in France, ca. 1250. Two leaves removed in 1975 from the binding of Folger BS1901 1527 Cage pt.1-2 (...Novum testamentum, ex Erasmi Roterodami recognitione.... Basileae : [Johannes Froben], anno 1527). Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS X.d.506 (1-2). Contains chapters from Pope Gregory IX's Decretals Book IV, Titles IV to VIII. Heavily annotated with commentary, also in Latin. There is no apparent gap in the text from the two leaves. Also available as a digital reproduction. Acquired in 1972. In Latin. Formerly owned by the library of Wakefield School. cataloged 2009-11-30 Alison E. Bridger Item cataloged in hand and from existing descriptions. local revised 2022-08 EEW 2 links OPenn local DFo Canon law Early works to 1800 sh2008100063 Manuscripts. Manuscripts, Latin. Decretals. 300026927 aat Annotations. cv00102 rbmscv DFo Manuscript waste. cv01568 rbmscv DFo Manuscripts (documents) 300028569 aat Catholic Church. Pope (1227-1241 : Gregory IX) n 84101484 Bible. New Testament. Greek. no2010160513. 1527. France. naf US-DFo DeckC-Rare X.d.506 (1-2) ly 281272 209228 https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0053/html/folger_ms_xd506_1.html Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library X.d.506 (1) https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0053/html/folger_ms_xd506_2.html Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library X.d.506 (2) oai:catalog.folger.edu:193478 GLOBAL_SET BIB Vault Online C0 UXG 02136crm\a22002175i\4500 354354 20251009113208.0 180522s16uu\\\\enk\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nzxx\\ UtOrBLW 270646 Desk seal matrix bearing the coat of arms of a member of the Gregory family of Northamptonshire [realia]. England, 17th century. 1 object ; length 7 cm with a matrix at both ends (one with full heraldic achievement, diameter 3cm, one with escutcheon only, diameter 3cm, both in reverse three-dimensional form tdf rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance. Also available as a digital reproduction. condition reviewed 2019-01-17 Metal object: handle with gloves. ECB pda DFo revised 2019-01 EEW 1 link Luna local DFo Great Britain England. naf US-DFo DeckC-Rare Z.d.36 From dealer's description: "Desk seal matrix, brass (length 6.3cm) with a matrix at both ends (one with full heraldic achievement, diameter 2.6cm, one with escutcheon only, diameter 2.3cm, both in reverse), light wear to extremities, in a very good state of preservation. This seventeenth century English heraldic brass desk seal matrix was made for a member of the Gregory family of Northamptonshire, perhaps a lawyer named Richard Gregory of Harleston in Northamptonshire. The coat of arms can in any case be idenfitifed as belonging to a descendant of the marriage in the fourteenth century of William Gregory who married Alice daughter and heir of Robert de Cawley of Warwickshire, (see: Camden, William, The visitation of the county of Leicester in the year 1619, London, 1870, pp.187-188). The sealing of letters with wax was a ubiquitous aspect of early modern correspondence, however relatively few seal matrices of this kind have survived." Ordered from Samuel Gedge, D 9208, 2018-05-21, catalog 26, item 20. 502579 270646 https://digitalcollections.folger.edu/bib354354-502579 Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library Z.d.36 oai:catalog.folger.edu:354354 GLOBAL_SET BIB Online Vault 02503crm\a22001695i\4500 356959 20260121174310.0 190610\1710\\\\enk\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nzxx\\ UtOrBLW [Triple-sided rotating fob seal matrix bearing the arms of Sir John Stonehouse, Lady Penelope Stonehouse and related crest] [realia] approximately 1710. 1 object ; length 3 cm diameter of matrix 2 cm + another fob seal and three keys, all on a fob chain. three-dimensional form tdf rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance. dispersed 2025-05-05 DJL local DFo Seals (artifacts) aat Fob chains. aat Stonehouse, John, Sir, 1673-1733, associated name. Stonehouse, Penelope, Lady, 1686- associated name. Great Britain England. naf The Eric and Mary Weinmann Acquisitions Fund, funder. 263 DFo US-DFo 271924 Purchase made possible by The Eric and Mary Weinmann Acquisitions Fund. From dealer's description: "[STONEHOUSE, John.][A triple-sided rotating fob seal bearing the arms of Sir John Stonehouse, Lady Penelope Stonehouse and related crest.] [England, c.1710.] Fob seal, steel (height 4.3cm) the triple-sided rotating matrix mounted within a flat pierced & engraved housing decorated with floral flourishes, flowers & bird heads, incorporating suspension loop, attached to a contemporaneous related fob chain with 3 watch keys (1 articulated) & a second fob seal, steel (height 2.8cm) with engraved black [glass?] matrix, overall in a very good state of preservation. Displaying skilled English craftsmanship of the era of Queen Anne, this triple-sided rotating fob seal bears matrices engraved with the arms of Sir John Stonehouse (1672-1733), his wife Lady Penelope Stonehouse, née Dashwood, and a dog emblem, the Stonehouse family crest. The stylised baroque flourishes of the engraved and pierced housing incorporate foliage, flowers and bird heads. Attached to the same chain is a second smaller fob seal, the matrix depicting a dove bearing an olive branch, and three watch keys, one articulated. Sir John Stonehouse married Penelope Dashwood in 1706 so this fob seal must have been made soon afterwards, perhaps c.1710. Radley Hall in Oxfordshire, now part of Radley College, was built for Stonehouse in the 1720s." Ordered from Samuel Gedge D9306, 2019-05-29, Cat. 28 #104. 505043 271924 oai:catalog.folger.edu:356959 GLOBAL_SET BIB Vault 05139crm\a2200289\i\4500 128547 20251009083222.0 030730s1769\\\\xx\000\\\\\\\\\\\\rn\\\\u (DCFGES)01301053 128547 DFo DFo UtOrBLW Wood no. 18 ART Inv. 1119; cs364 [Ink stand containing a glass ink bottle and a pounce box, each having a silver top with a portrait of Shakespeare] [realia]. [England] : [s.n.], [1769] 1 inkstand : mulberry tree wood ; 13 in. high x 8 1/8 in. wide x 4 7/8 in. deep. three-dimensional form tdf rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia wood rdamat Certification: from documents purchased with the ink stand, now cataloged as Y.c.1465 (1-3). There are 2 letters. The first concerns the presentation of the ink stand to George Keate by the Corporation of Stratford-upon-Avon, signed by William Hunt, Town Clerk, May 3, 1769, which reads in part, "Sir. Mr. Wheler [Robert Bell Wheler] has intimated to us, that you have several times taken the trouble of attending your friend Mr. Garrick in our favour; and that you have shown much attention and regard to the place which has the honour of giving birth to the admired Shakespear [sic]. As you so much revere his memory, we beg your acceptance of a writing stand from a mulberry tree planted by Shakespeare's own hand..." The second letter is George Keate's reply acknowledging receipt of the ink stand from Mr. Wheler with the accompanying letter. The third item is a note on the back of a calling card for Sir Charles Marshall (name crossed out with a pen) which is inscribed, "This inkstand was given to Mr. White by Mrs. Keate (by will) the widow of the gentleman to whom it was presented in May 1769 by the Corporation of Stratford-on-Avon---Acton Hill, 1836. Entry in the Dictionary of National Biography under George Keate mentions the ink stand in connection with a specific work by Keate which reads: "Ferney; an epistle to Voltaire, 1768. In praise of Voltaire and his works, but with compliments to Shakespeare, for which the author was rewarded, in the jubilee 1769, by the mayor and corporation of Stratford-upon-Avon, with an inkstand made out of a mulberry-tree planted by Shakespeare, and with the freedom on the town." Footed ink stand carved with a projecting rim at the base 1/8" wide and 1/4 high, to which the feet have been attached. They are flush joined at the corners and arched into the rim in profile. The stepped lid has a lower interlacement band and above, an egg and dart pattern. A groove has been carved on the box under the lid, and each of the 4 corners has been beveled and decorated with a single vertical band of molding. The front has a silver button which operates a catch and is backed by a silver escutcheon fastened with 3 silver round-head screws. The lid has a loop handle in silver. The interior is lined with red velvet which has been decorated with silver braid and fitted with partitions which hold a pounce box and an ink bottle. Each has a chased silver lid with a profile portrait of Shakespeare encircled by a wreath. Provenance: Card in Mrs. Folger's card file under Mulberry reads: Bought of Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Dec. 6- 1905. Former owner not known. Catalog, Film Acc. 484 (234), is annotated with the buyer's name, Pearson and the hammer price L115/-/-, for the ink stand and manuscripts. HCF bought of J. Pearson & co., Dec. 12 1905 for L115/-/-. The ink stand was recorded 2 years earlier in another sale by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Dec. 6, 1903, lot no. 6. In the Sotheby catalog, Film Acc. 484 (228), the buyer is listed as Aston and the hammer price as L120/-/-. Former owner not known. Condition reviewed 19890500 the lid, originally attached with 2 silver hinges, has a replacement hinge in brass (left side, facing front) which is larger than the silver hinge causing the box to appear warped on the left side. The original hinge has 1 of the 4 screws missing. A crack on the right side of the lid measures 1 7/8", on the left side a horizontal crack measures 2 1/4", and on the back, lower right, a triangular crack extends 3/4". The bottom of the box is framed with a rim which as 2 diagonal cracks which measure 3/4" on the front and 1 3/8" on the right side. The bottom of the box has a crack on the left side 1", on the right side 2", and toward the back 1". There are losses in this area Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Portraits. sh 85121023 Portraits. tgm008085g gmgpc US-DFo DeckB-Art Wood no. 18 cs364 120334 This record contains unverified data from a re-keying contract and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance. oai:catalog.folger.edu:128547 GLOBAL_SET DeckB-Art Wood no. 18 cs364 BIB Vault 01756crc\a22002175i\4500 1134282 20260408152338.0 231108q16251649enknnn\\\\\\\\\\\\r\zxx\\ Charles I boarded oak desk box [realia]. England, 17th century 1 item ; 32" wide, 14 1/2" high and 19 1/2" deep three-dimensional form tdf rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. The "FAST ACC" number is a temporary call number. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance. DFo The Richard J. Kuhta Fund for Library Acquisitions, funder. KuhtaREF757005 DFo US-DFo FAST ACC 272879 272879 From dealer's description: "Charles I boarded oak desk box, Exeter work, Devon, with a carved shell motif front rail, sides and back plain, with a sloping lid used as a desk, the interior with shelves." Ordered from Paul Fitzsimmons, D9691, 2023-10-25, email quote 1000173 From dealer's description: Condition is very good and it is a most beautiful piece and the colour is fantastic. Priced at £2850, this can be £2000 for the museum. Dimensions: 32" wide, 14 1/2" high and 19 1/2" deep Provenance: From my own personal collection, I purchased this over 30 years ago from Bradfield Manor near to Exeter. (Paul Fitzsimmons) [HW: it shut down as a school in 1997 after belonging to the Walrond family from 13th c to 1966] Mark: I think this is most appealing ‐ wonderful colour, very nice design and condition inside and out. It doesn't have the quill box but it does have the strip at the base of the slope which looks original. It is a bit later but I think it would look the best on display (open or closed." oai:catalog.folger.edu:1134282 GLOBAL_SET Purchase made possible by The Richard J. Kuhta Fund for Library Acquisitions. BIB ORDER Vault 03110ctm\a2200469Ki\4500 227710 20251009102155.0 090824e16240813enk\\\\\\\\\\\000\0\eng\d (OCoLC)ocn432682275 (OCoLC)432682275 UXG UXG UtOrBLW e-uk-en Middleton, Thomas, -1627. n 79054288, author. Game at chess. n 94047106 A game at chess [manuscript], 1624 August 13. 93 p. ; 165 x 127 mm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia Poems listed in the Folger card index of first lines. Title from title page. Known as the "Archdall" manuscript. Copy dated one day before last performance on August 14, 1624 before Middleton's play was banned. Scribal copy in the hand of Ralph Crane lacking portions of the text. Correction in Middleton's hand (p. 32), as well as corrections in other hands, probably made by later owners. Also available as a digital reproduction. Also available on microfilm. Purchased from A.S.W. Rosenbach in January 1941. For another version of the play, see Folger MS V.a.342. Other manuscripts of this play are held at Trinity College Cambridge (MS O.2.66), Huntington Library (MS EL 34.B.17), British Library (Landsdowne MS 690) and the Bodleian Library (Malone MS 525). Mervyn Archdall MS. Formerly Folger MS 7043. Ioppolo, Grace. Dramatists and their manuscripts in the age of Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton and Heywood. London and New York: Routledge, 2006, p. 169-174. "The pen's excellencie" : treasures from the manuscript collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library / compiled and edited by Heather Wolfe. Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2002, p. 90-93. revised 2017-01 EEW 1 link Luna local DFo Exhibited: "The Pen's Excellencie" : Treasures from the Manuscript Collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library, curated by Heather Wolfe, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., February 6- June 8, 2002. Manuscripts (documents) 300028569 aat Plays (performing arts compositions) 300201028 aat Poems. rbgenr00083 rbgenr Crane, Ralph, nr 93002976, scribe. Archdall, Mervyn, 1723-1791, n 85388266, former owner. DFo Great Britain England. US-DFo DeckC-Rare V.a.231 rev 200907 AEB 259476 7043 https://digitalcollections.folger.edu/bib227710-259476 Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library V.a.231 oai:catalog.folger.edu:227710 GLOBAL_SET BIB Online Vault C0 UXG 04738ctm\a22002415i\4500 1134191 20251009193411.0 231010s1687\\\\enk\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\eng\\ Dowel, Anna, active 17th century, calligrapher. Arithmetic exercise book of Anna Dowel [manuscript] 1687. Anna Dowel, her Book. Scholler to Eliz. Beane, Mrs. in the Art of Writing, anno 1687. England, 1687. 1 volume; 32 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. The "FAST ACC" number is a temporary call number. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance. DFo Title devised by Folger cataloger. Title page of part A: Anna Dowel, her Book. Scholler to Eliz. Beane, Mrs. in the Art of Writing, anno 1687. Part A verus B determined by right-reading orientation for the "AD" initials on the binding. Foliated every 5th leaf by curator in 2023. Part A: 1-125; part B 1-38. For similar manuscripts created by students of Elizabeth Beane, see exercise books for Sarah North (1686) and Mary Serjant (1688) held by the Beinecke Library, and one for Sarah Cole (1685) held by the Folger. Mathematics Problems, exercises, etc. sh 85082154 Early works to 1800 sh 99001366 Manuscripts. Penmanship sh 85099491 Problems, exercises, etc. sh 99001553 Early works to 1800 sh 99001366 Manuscripts. Manuscripts (documents) aat Library catalogs rbgenr00250 rbmscv Beane, Elizabeth, mistress in the art of writing, active 17th century, associated name. US-DFo FAST ACC 272753 272753 In the box: 33.5 x 23 x 5.5 cm From dealer's description: "Beane Mrs in the Art of Writing Anno 1687" Paper size: 12" x 7.5" (305 x 190 mm). Calligraphic writing on rectos only, altogether 152 pp. (i.e. folios). Section A: 75 ff. (written on rectos only); fols. 2-4 with some repaired tears in margins + Manuscript Library Catalogue: 42 pp. + 26 blank ff. + Section B: 3 blank ff. 35 ff. (written on rectos only). Contemporary English black morocco, profusely gilt, five raised bands on spine, board edges and turn-ins gilt. Front joint cracked, revealing cords, but absolutely sound, front loose but not detached. Elaborate gold-printed endpapers ("Buntpapier") depicting exotic birds and plants. Preserved in a velvet 1/4 morocco cloth case lettered "Anne (sic) Dowe / 1687." (#4091) AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY: ANNA DOWE'S MANUSCRIPT CIPHER BOOK, written by her in 1687 under the tutulage of Elizabeth Beane. It emerged at a Sotheby's London sale in 1972 and has remained unlocated for 51 years. It belongs to a group of four closely related cipher manuscripts created by young women who were taught by Elizabeth Beane during the years 1685-1688. These are comprehensive tutorials on PRACTICAL arithmetic, subtraction, multiplication, division, algebra, all with associated word problems which are solved by the student. As befitting the head of a household, the problems focus on money and accounting. In our manuscript, as in others from the Elizabeth Beane group, Anne Dowe writes: "Arithmetick is the Art of Numbering well where by all reckonings and accounts in humane affairs are exactly kept." Anna Dowe (a.k.a. Dowell) was born in 1661 in St James Parish, Bristol; one year after the present manuscript was written she married in Bristol to Thomas Winstone (1661-1751) of Frenchay (near Bristol). The manuscript passed through generations of the Winstone - Hayward - Curtis - Curtis-Hayward family, residing in Woolstrop, known as Quedgeley House, near Gloucester. Our manuscript has a Library Catalogue of Quedgeley House dated 1783, and THIS MANUSCRIPT is recorded therein. According to Froide, Elizabeth Beane was a self-employed London writing master. Beane may well have lived in London, but it is also possible that Beane was an itinerant instructor of Arithmetic and Writing, and that she traveled from house to house and stayed there as an instructor for one year (discussion with Heather Wolfe 10/3/23). This manuscript was written in two distinct parts. After the first part was written, the binding was flipped over and turned upside down ("head-over-heels"); then the second text was written. Chronologically, Section B may have been written first, because the handwriting is less accomplished, indicating that the student was writing as she was learning. What we describe is Section A is due to the fact that it features a title-page, whereas Section B does not. NB: Neither section is a copy of the other, textually or mathematically. [...]" Ordered from Michael Laird Rare Books LLC, D9686, 2023-10-06, email quote. 1000160 oai:catalog.folger.edu:1134191 GLOBAL_SET BIB ORDER Vault 02542cam\a2200349Ia\4500 344656 20260411164044.0 930405s1659\\\\enkaf\\\\\\\\\000\0\eng\d (OCoLC)ocm54172381 YUS eng dcrmb YUS OCLCG OCLCF OCLCQ OCLCO UXG UtOrBLW Cocker, Edward, 1631-1675, n 84233270, author, printmaker. The pen's triumph : being a copy-book containing variety of examples of all hands practised in this nation according to the present mode, adorned with incomparable knots and flourishes : most of the copies consisting of two lines only, and those containing the whole alphabet ... : with a discovery of the secrets and intricacies of this art in such directions as were never yet published ... : also a choice receipt for ink / invented, written, and engraven by Edward Cocker, dwelling on the south side of St. Pauls Church, over against Pauls Chain, where he teacheth the art of writing. [London] : Are to be sold with other of the authors works, by John Dowse, stationer, at the great north door of St. Pauls Church London, 1659. [8], 24 p., [29] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 x 19 cm (oblong 4to) text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier illustration rdaill oblong 4to plate There is also to be sold all sorts of blank bonds"--Foot of title page. Signatures: A-D⁴. English short title catalogue (ESTC), R229554 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.), C4851A revised 2020-06 CMN 1 link Collation local DFo cataloged 2017-10 DJL 1 piece local DFo Penmanship sh 85099491 Early works to 1800. sh 99001366 Calligraphy sh 85018955 Early works to 1800. sh 99001366 Copy books (Penmanship) rbmscv Booksellers' advertisements. cv00906 rbmscv Dowse, John, active 1659-1664, no2017130820, bookseller. Great Britain England London. naf US-DFo DeckC-Rare 217- 428q Imperfect: contains only 25 plates. Cropped at head and fore-edge, occasionally cutting into print. In a modern decorated-paper case binding. Acquired from Mott (cat. 200:49), 1978-12-14. 495511 217428 oai:catalog.folger.edu:344656 GLOBAL_SET BIB Vault