Arte nuevo de escribir
Subtitle: por preceptos geometricos y reglas mathematicas
By: del m[aest]ro Juan Claudio Aznar de Polanco.
Publisher: [En la imprenta de los heredores de Manuel Ruiz de Murga]
Published: 1719
Place of publication: En Madrid
Language: spa
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Writing -- Early works to 1800.  ; Mathematics -- Early works to 1800.; Lettering.  ; Alphabets.  ; Calligraphy.; Copybooks -- Spain.
Genres: Early works to 1800.  ; Early works to 1800.
Notes: Signatures: œ-œœ4 *2 A-ii4 kk2.

Publisher from colophon, leaf 165.

Numbers 46, 47, 76, 112, 120, 128 duplicated in foliation; 59, 77, 111, 116, 129 omitted.

Added oversized, engraved, illustrated t.p., with title in the round.

Text leaves printed on both sides of sheets.

Numerous leaves of plates; bookseller describes 42 engraved plates, a portrait plate, and 39 plates of lettering and calligraphic examples (these are numbered in sequence with the text).

Title within arabesque border; head and tail pieces; initials.

Harrison Collection copy bound in full vellum with leather ties; poor condition overall, some plates missing, with extensive worm damage.