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ROLAND, ANDRÉ-FRANÇOIS. Le Grand Art d'Ecrire. Engraved title and 29 plates. Folio, 565x447 mm, contemporary blue-gray wrappers, backstrip perished; marginal toning throughout, horizontal band of toning across last several plates; cloth folding case. Paris: Chez Daumont . . . à present chez Esnauts et Rapilly, circa 1775-97
Unusual oversize writing manual of French round hand originally published in the 1750s, containing elegant specimens preceded by Roland's foreword in praise of writing and instructions for quill cutting and correct posture. The print publisher and dealer Jean-François Daumont ceased commercial activity around 1775; Jacques Esnault and Michel Rapilly were active from 1770, and Rapilly died in 1797. Bonacini 1553; Préaud et al., Dictionnaire des Éditeurs d'Estampes à Paris sous l'Ancien Régime, pages 98 and 117-18.
