Author: HARDING, W. (WILLIAM) / TAYLOR, SAMUEL FL. 1786-1816.
Title: Taylor improved, Universal Stenography, Or A New And Practical System Of Shorthand Writing Formed Upon Rational Principles And Combining Simplicity, Brevity & Perspicuity. : For the use of schools & private tuition.
Description: London: Published by Wm. Harding, Pulpit Office No. 3, Paternoster Row, S. Bennett, Nottingham, Willmer, Liverpool, Mozley & Son, Derby, Wrightson, Birmingham, F. Houlston and Son, Wellington, Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, et al. [nd - c. 1831] . 0. "A New Edition Enlarged & Improved." Later library binding. 12mo. 7.5" x 4.25" x 0.25" . pp.xi/pp.12-58/[2pp.] + 6 engraved plates + frontis + engraved title-page. Black buckram boards with blind stamp library name to front board: "Borough Of Holborn Public Library". Gilt titles to spine (incorrectly dated 1828). Library label to verso of the front board: "Metropolitan Borough Of Holborn Reference Library". Engraved frontis of Cato's Speech (in English and Shorthand), lightly foxed and soiled. Engraved title-page , also lightly foxed and soiled: "Engraved on steel by H. Midlane, 23 Red Cross Sqr. City, London". Also, with black ink-stamp: "Withdrawn". Advertisement states this is the 13th edition (p.v.). Preface is dated "Dec. 1831" (p.xi.) . "List of authors on stenography" (p.14) . Clear English text on toned and soiled paper throughout. Curiosly there is also a folded leaf of hand-written notes (in a contemporary hand) bound in at the end.

Keywords: Published by Wm. Harding Taylor, Samuel Universal Stenography, or a New and Practical System of Shorthand Writing 52754 Education: : 19th Century


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