Arte de escrevir con cierta industria e invencion para hazer buena forma de letra, y aprenderlo con facilidad
By: compuesto por el maestro Ignacio Perez ... ; escrito y cortado en madera por el mismo autor
Publisher: En la Imprenta Real
Published: 1600
Place of publication: En Madrid
Language: spa
Number of pages: 76
Subjects: Copybooks; Early works to 1800; Penmanship
Notes: Two editions of this work, with varying titles, are known. The second edition has the title, El nuevo arte de contar y de escrevir ... Both editions are dated 1599, though they contain samples dated 1600.

Two issues of this, the first, edition are known. The first issue consists of 76 leaves. The second issue consists of 80 leaves, with an added "Tabla ..." (D1-4) and "Breue platica ..." (chi1-4). In addition, some of the typographical errors found in the first issue have been corrected.

Signatures: [par.]⁴ B-D⁴ chi⁴ E-T⁴.

Woodcuts include t.p. vignette, portrait of the author, writing samples, and initials.

Samples printed on rectos only.

Bonacini, C. Arte scrittorie, 1394.

Cotarelo y Mori, E. Calígrafos españoles, II, p. 165-169.

Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.) 219273.

Pérez Pastor, C. Bib. madrileña, I, 642.

Becker, D.P. Practice of letters, 42.