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Tachy-graphy. [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 professour of the said art. Approved by both universities
Bib ID 2745168
Format MicroformMicroform, BookBook
Author
Shelton, Thomas, 1601-1650?
 
Description London : printed by M. Simmons, dwelling next doore to the Golden Lyon in Aldersgate streete, 1660 
[12], 43, [1] p. : ill., tables ; 
Series

Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2078:5.

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 1659.

Running title reads: The art of short-writing.

Includes a colophon on p. 43.

The last page consists of an illustration, dated 1660.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Cited In

Wing (2nd ed.) S3080B

Reproduction Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1991. 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm (Early English books, 1641-1700; 2078:05). 
Subjects Shorthand -- Early works to 1800.
Also Titled

Art of short-writing

Tachygraphy

Short-writing the most easie exact and speedie first composed by Thomas Shelton

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