BICKHAM GEORGE Proposals For Printing by Subscription The Un

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PROSPECTUS FOR "THE MOST CURIOUS BOOK OF ITS KIND HITHERTO EXTANT" BICKHAM, GEORGE. Proposals For Printing by Subscription The Universal Penman. Broadside, 408x246 mm; moderate foxing and soiling; hinged to mat. London, 25 March 1742

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scarce broadside soliciting subscriptions for the second (and first complete) issue in parts of Bickham's magnum opus, the outstanding English writing manual of the 18th-century, following the 1733-41 serial first issue also published by subscription. According to Muir, the Bickham venture was "the first recorded attempt to issue in periodical parts a work that was intended for subsequent issue in book form." P. H. Muir, "The Bickhams and their Universal Penman," The Library, series 4, Volume 25, pages 162, 165, and 185.