Oct 20, 2009 - Sale 2190

Sale 2190 - Lot 135

Price Realized: $ 1,920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
(MANUSCRIPT.) Puerilium Fasciculus; sive, Variarum rerum ad Brachygraphiam, Glossographiam, Arithmeticam, et Artes alias spectantium, Collectio. manuscript in english and latin, written in italic script in black ink on laid paper. illustrated with eight astronomical diagrams. 120 leaves. 158x100 mm, modern 1/2 calf with morocco lettering piece, spine scuffed; contents soiled. Ownership inscriptions of James Wheat dated 1755 and 1756 and John Lloyd Williams dated 1858. England, mid-18th century

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Introduction to shorthand, arithmetic, astronomy, geography, and other subjects, composed in question-and-answer form for young people.