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Nueva arte de escribir
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Arte nueva de escribir, inventada por el insigne maestro Pedro Diaz Morante, e ilustrada con muestras nuevas, y varios discursos conducentes al verdadero magisterio de primeras letras
Nueva arte de escribir
Calligrapher: Francisco Xavier de Santiago Palomares (Spanish, 1728–1796)
Engraved by: Francisco Asensio y Mejorada (Spanish, 1725–1794)
Printer: Antonio de Sancha (Spanish, 18th century)
Engraved by: Francisco Asensio y Mejorada (Spanish, 1725–1794)
Printer: Antonio de Sancha (Spanish, 18th century)
1776
Place of Publication: Madrid, Spain
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 41 engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 30.1 x 21.3 x 2.2 cm (11 7/8 x 8 3/8 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number46.60
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Madrid: Antonio de Sancha, 1776
Catalogue Raisonné
Palau (2nd ed.) 299945; Berlin 548; Bonacini 1353; Cotarelo y Mori II, p. 145; Becker, Practice of Letters, 141
Description(Madrid: Antonio de Sancha, 1776) Quarto; 83 leaves, plus plates; contemporary gilt-stamped mottled brown calf (tan cloth slipcase).
Lettering samples, illustrations of pens and proper methods of holding pens, etc.
Lettering samples, illustrations of pens and proper methods of holding pens, etc.
ProvenanceH.P. Kraus, New York, from whom purchased by MFA, February 14, 1946.