A NEW SYSTEM OF STENOGRAPHY, OR SHORT HAND
Rees, Thomas
From David M. Lesser, ABAA, Woodbridge, CT, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since 20 October 1997
From David M. Lesser, ABAA, Woodbridge, CT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 20 October 1997
About this Item
3-1/2" x 5-1/4." 14, [2 blanks] pp, plus two leaves of plates [one of them folding, entitled, 'A Table of the manner of joining the Characters']. Stitched in contemporary plain wrappers [ownership signatures] Wrappers detached but present, widely scattered foxing. Else Very Good. The only 18th century American printing of this little pamphlet. Evans and NAIP say the attribution to Rees, a Unitarian minister, is "evidently in error," though the title page says he is the author. Whoever he was, the author's Preface explains his intention to redress the deplorable inattention to "the least cultivated" yet "one of the most useful accomplishments which a man can possess." He demonstrates his system's use of the alphabet, consonants, diphthongs, triphthongs, etc. Evans 38364. Rink 1982. NAIP w013844 [6]. Seller Inventory # 27851
Bibliographic Details
Title: A NEW SYSTEM OF STENOGRAPHY, OR SHORT HAND
Publisher: Re-Printed by James Humphreys, from the Sixth London Edition, Philadelphia
Publication Date: 1800
Binding: Soft cover
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