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[Calligraphy - education] - BLEGNY, Etienne d

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[Calligraphy - education] - BLEGNY, Etienne d
[Calligraphy - education] - BLEGNY, Etienne de - Les elemens ou premieres instructions de la jeunesse. Paris, Guillaume Cavelier, 1735, 8vo, contemp. polished sheep (rubbed at corners), elaborately gilt spine, silk marker, [14]-20-[80]-323-[5] pp. (some stains). Very good copy. € 900/1000 Very rare later edition of an educational treatise 1st published Paris 1691. Contents : "Nouveaux exemplaires d'ecriture d'une beauté singuliare" (16 engr. plates), "Exemplaires d'ecriture Italienne Batarde" (24 engr. pl.), "Les regles de l'ortografe", "Formulaire de petits actes", "Petit essai de lettres convenables à de jeunes gens", "L'Aritmétique facile". Ill. with engr. front. portrait of Blégny and 40 engr. plates by Claude Auguste Beroy. Lithograph collector's ticket and older ownership entry Gattinara, Castello di Rivara. Ref. NUC (1: Library of Congress). Not in Conlon, Siècle des Lumières. Not in BL London, BN Paris.
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