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A complete system of scientific penmanship : without ruling, and pen-making : by which method any number of pens may be made to correspond with each other : containing six elegant engravings, illustrating the whole system, together with all the explanations of the same, and also two fac-similes of improvement

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1832.
Call number: 328489
Creator: Rapp, Adam William(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 28 cm
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