$300
Tagliente, Giovanni Antonio (1465/70-after 1527) Lo Presente Libro Insegna La Vera Arte delo Excellent Scrivere de Diverse Varie Sorti de Litere . [?Venice: c. 1553]. Quarto, a fragment, consisting of sixteen leaves only of twenty-eight, a single signature, the first half lettered G through O, the unlettered conjugates attached, except in the case of the outermost bifolium, in later paste-paper wrappers, spotting, last leaf with some small losses, repaired, 8 1/4 x 6 in. Shelton, Thomas (1601-1650?) Tachygraphy. The Most Exact and Compendious Method of Short and Swift Writing, that Hath Ever Yet Been Published by Any , London: by Milbourn for Newman, 1691, octavo, forty-four pages, engraved title and eleven other pages in the text are printed from copperplate engravings, other pages printed by normal letterpress, bound in modern calf; some old tape and spotting to engraved title, last few leaves with repaired marginal paper damage, 6 x 3 1/2 in. New York Public is the only American library listed as holding this edition in ESTC. (2)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-06-01