A collection of display alphabets in cursive hands, business form letters, and calligraphic samples, including text from Cato and the Bible, many with a didactic tone]
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1800
Place of publication: Netherlands?
Language: dut
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Writing; Early works to 1800; Italic Writing; Form letters; Penmanship; Calligraphy; Engraving; Specimens
Other titles: Geschie...ssen de ver[ft] de ede den 11 el
Notes: Cannot determine whether the combination of samples in Dutch and French reflects, or is independent of, the establishment of Belgium in 1830.

One text includes date of 1696 which seems too early for the collection as a whole.

On rag paper.

Entirely engraved.

Page orientation varies including both portrait and landscape.

In Dutch and French.