Cocker, Edward. 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

Folger bibliographic ID: 344656
ESTC number: R229554
Wing number: C4851A
Folger call number: 217- 428q
Folger holdings ID: 495511
Accession Number: 217428

Bibliographic format

oblong 4to

General notes

There is also to be sold all sorts of blank bonds"--Foot of title page Signatures: A-D⁴

Item information about Folger 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

Extended title: 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

Penmanship Calligraphy

author: Cocker, Edward, 1631-1675
bookseller: Dowse, John, active 1659-1664