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Tachygraphy. [microform] The most exact and compendious method of short and swift writing that hath ever yet been published by any. Composed by Thomas Shelton, author and professor of the said art. Approved by both the universities
Bib ID 1227464
Format MicroformMicroform, BookBook
Author
Shelton, Thomas, 1601-1650?
 
Description London : printed by Thomas Milbourn, for Dorman Newman at the Kings Arms in the Poultry, 1691 
[12], 43, [1] p. : ill., tables ; 
Series

Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2134:9.

Notes

With an additional title page, engraved, reading: Tachygraphy or Short-writing the most easie exact and speedie first composed by Thomas Shelton and now by him newly corrected & enlarged.

The last page consists of an illustration.

Reproduction of the original in the University of London Library, Senate House.

Cited In

Wing (2nd ed., 1994) S3084

Reproduction Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1992. 1 microfilm reel 35mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 2134:9)). 
Subjects Shorthand -- Early works to 1800.
Also Titled

Tachygraphy or Short-writing

Short-writing

Caption title on p. 1 and running title read: Art of short-writing

Available From UMI 300 N Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48103-1553 

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