The first writing book
Subtitle: an English translation & facsimile text of Arrighi's Operina, the first manual of the chancery hand.
By: With introd. and notes by John Howard Benson.
Contributors: Benson, John Howard, 1901-1956.
Series: Studies in the history of calligraphy,; 2
Publisher: Chiswick Book Shop
Published: 1954
Place of publication: New York City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Penmanship.; Alphabets.; Lettering.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 47.
"300 copies printed."
"Freely translated and written in a hand based on the original" by J. H. Benson. The original is reproduced from the first edition, 1522.