L'arte di scrivere
Subtitle: tratta dal Dizionario d'arti e mestieri dell' Enciclopedia metodica
Contributors: Bettinelli, Niccolò
Publisher: Nella stamperia del Seminario, appresso Niccolò Bettinelli
Published: 1796
Place of publication: In Padova
Language: ita
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Copybooks; Early works to 1800; Penmanship
Notes: Signatures: pi1 A-Gp4s.

The text is a separate publication of the section on handwriting from an Italian edition of the Encyclopédie méthodique, originally published in Geneva by C.J. Panckoucke, 1783-1790. The 15 leaves are copies of those first published in: Encyclopédie, ou, Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Recueil des planches, v. 2. Paris, Chez Briasson, David, Le Breton, Durand, 1763.

The engraved leaves consist of 2 leaves showing position of the hand and writing posture, and 13 writing samples, engraved by Pasquali.