Bickham (George). The Universal Penman; or, the Art of Writing, made Useful to the Gentleman and Scholar, as well as the Man of Business, London: H. Overton, 1743, 215 engraved plates (frontispiece lacking), some with manuscript numbers to upper outer corner, final leaf detached, few worm holes to inner margins of leaves at front of volume, heavy worming and worm holes at rear of volume affecting some text, first & last few leaves with some tears mostly to margins and leaves creased, occasional spotting and dust-soiling, lacking free endpapers, contemporary calf, boards detached, worn, folio (Qty: 1) Provenance: From the Estate of Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
Bickham (George). The Universal Penman; or, the Art of Writing, made Useful to the Gentleman and Scholar, as well as the Man of Business, London: H. Overton, 1743, 215 engraved plates (frontispiece lacking), some with manuscript numbers to upper outer corner, final leaf detached, few worm holes to inner margins of leaves at front of volume, heavy worming and worm holes at rear of volume affecting some text, first & last few leaves with some tears mostly to margins and leaves creased, occasional spotting and dust-soiling, lacking free endpapers, contemporary calf, boards detached, worn, folio (Qty: 1) Provenance: From the Estate of Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
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