La plume volante. Or, the art of short-hand improv'd. Being the most swift, regular, and easy method of short-hand writing yet extant. Compos'd after fifty years practice ... The fifth edition, with the addition of the terms of the law, and much amended. By William Mason.
Mason, William,active 1672-1709.
London : taught by Jos Smith; where the books are to be had. Also printed and sold by Joseph Marshal,
[1735?]
The first text section of twenty pages is engraved.
The first gathering includes an advertisement leaf.
The plate 'A regular and easie table of natural contractions' was also issued separately, with the addition of Mason's address and the name of the engraver.
Alston VIII,171
ESTC
Also reproduced on microfilm. Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications, Inc., 1986. The Eighteenth Century ; reel 4191, no. 06.