Theatrvm artis scribendi
Subtitle: varia svmmorvm nostri seculi artificum exemplaria complectens, novem diversis linguis exarata
By: Judoco Hondio ce̜latore
Publisher: J. Hondius
Published: 1594
Place of publication: Amsterdam?
Language: lat
Number of pages: 45
Subjects: Penmanship; Early works to 1800; Alphabets
Work titles: Theatrum artis scribendi
Notes: The engraved t.p. and each sample of script are printed within an ornamental cartouche, some integral, some separately engraved, some woodcut; the plate containing "Agesilaus" engraved by Salomon Henrix is dated 1594.

Engraved in part after Jean de Beauchesne, Jan van de Velde, Lodovico Curione, Salomon Henrix, Felix van Sambix, et al.

The order in which the plates are bound, and the combination of border and text may vary from copy to copy.

Bonacini, C. Calligrafia, 813

Berlin. Ornamentstichsammlung, 5007

BM STC Dutch, 1470-1600, p. 98

Becker, D.P. Practice of letters, 48.