Traité de l'art d'escriture
Subtitle: auec les exemples de tous les differents caracteres, qui se pratiquent en ce royaume
By: Par Jean Petré
Publisher: Chez l'autheur
Published: 1647
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 33
Subjects: Copybooks; Early works to 1800; Penmanship
Notes: Consists of engraved title-page, engraved coat of arms, engraved dedication, 10 letterpress leaves, and 31 unnumbered engraved samples.

Signatures of letterpress: chi1 A-C², ²A² ²B1.

Except for the title-page, all the engravings are the same as those found in Petré's Exemples de l'art d'escriture (also dated 1647).

The text of the letterpress (also found as the introductory text to Petré's Exemples) is known to exist in two settings; in the other setting the leaves are signed chi1 A-D² E1 and paginated [2], 17 p.

Plates engraved by Robert Cordier, except for the coat of arms, which was engraved by Poilly (either François or Nicolas).

Becker, D.P. Practice of letters, 78.