three-dimensional form [Pencase incorporating inkwell and quill holder] 1 item ; England, ca. 1770.

text Beau-Chesne, Jehan de, E. B., 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. [77+] p. : Copybooks; Writing; By Richard Field, Imprinted at London : 1611.
text Ayres, John, Sturt, John, 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. [52] leaves of plates : Copybooks.; Calligraphy.; Sold by ye author, [London?] : [1698?]
text Ruinetti, Tomaso, Blanco, Christoforo. Idea del buon scrittore : opera prima / di Tomaso Ruinetti da Raueña ; à beneficio de' desiderosi d'imitare le uere forme dello scriuere. [1], 43 leaves : Calligraphy.; Penmanship.; Christof. Blanco, [Romae] : 1619.
text Decretals of Gregory IX (fragment) 2 leaves ; In Latin. Canon law;
three-dimensional form Desk seal matrix bearing the coat of arms of a member of the Gregory family of Northamptonshire 1 object ; England, 17th century.
three-dimensional form Stonehouse, John, Stonehouse, Penelope, [Triple-sided rotating fob seal matrix bearing the arms of Sir John Stonehouse, Lady Penelope Stonehouse and related crest] 1 object ; approximately 1710.
three-dimensional form [Ink stand containing a glass ink bottle and a pounce box, each having a silver top with a portrait of Shakespeare] 1 inkstand : 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. [s.n.], [England] : [1769]
three-dimensional form Charles I boarded oak desk box 1 item ; England, 17th century
text Middleton, Thomas, Crane, Ralph, Archdall, Mervyn, A game at chess 93 p. ;
text Dowel, Anna, Beane, Elizabeth, Arithmetic exercise book of Anna Dowel 1 volume; Mathematics; Penmanship; England, 1687.
text Cocker, Edward, Dowse, John, 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. [8], 24 p., [29] leaves of plates : Penmanship; Calligraphy; Are to be sold with other of the authors works, by John Dowse, stationer, at the great north door of St. Pauls Church London, [London] : 1659.