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Calligraphie du dix-huitième siècle. (Rouvre, 1761), by E. Rollet (page images at HathiTrust)

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Traité de vrais principes de l'ecriture : avec un petit traité d'ortographe et d'arithmetique, la maniere de dresser les mémoires de fournitures, et de dépences modeles de lettres à l'usage de la vie civile ... : et un tarif des principales monoies etrangéres évaluées a celles de France : en faveur des personnes peu versées dans ses usages (Chez Mondhare et Jean ..., in the 1790s), by Saintomer and Mondhare et Jean (page images at HathiTrust)
Nouveau livre d'ecriture d'après les meilleures exemples de Rossignol. (Chez Daumont ..., 1770), by Louis Rossignol, Jean-Francois Daumont, Johann Baptist Babel, and Le Parmentier (Engraver of calligraphy) (page images at HathiTrust)
Abrégé de la Graphométrie (Chez Jean, Rue Jean de Beauvais :, in the 1790s), by Saintomer (page images at HathiTrust)
L'art d'ecrire : contenant une collection des meilleurs exemples (Chez Daumont ..., 1756), by Louis Rossignol, Jean-Francois Daumont, Le Parmentier (Engraver of calligraphy), and André François Roland (page images at HathiTrust)
Traité de l'écriture sur l'enseignement (Chez l'auteur ... ;, 1787), by Joseph Henri Defargues and Louis-Jacques Beaublé (page images at HathiTrust)
Graphométrie (Chez l'auteur ..., 1798), by Saintomer, George Malbeste, and Louis-Jacques Beaublé (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Calligraphy -- Early works to 1800

Gram̄ato-graphices : jn qvo varia scriptvrae emblemata ([s.n.], 1605), by Cornelis Dirckszoon Boissens (page images at HathiTrust)
Kunstrichtige Schreibart : allerhand Versalie[n] oder AnfangsBuchstabe[n] der teütschen, lateinischen und italianischen Schrifften aus unterschiedlichen Meistern der edlen Schreibkunst zusammen getragen. (Bey Paulus Fürsten Kunsthändlern daselbst, 1655), by Paulus Franck, Christoph Gerhard, and Paul Fürst (page images at HathiTrust)
Compendious emblematist, or, Writing and drawing made easy (Printed for and sold by T. Bellamy ..., 1750), by William Chinnery, Thomas Bellamy, William Tringham, James Hulett, and Thomas Hutchinson (page images at HathiTrust)
Thesauro de scrittori : opera artificiosa (s.n.] :, 1532), by Ugo da Carpi, Angelo da Modena, Ludovico degli Arrighi, Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, and Sigismondo Fanti (page images at HathiTrust)
Deliciae variarum insigniumq[ue] scripturarum (Bÿ Willem Jansz. ..., 1605), by Jan van de Velde and Gerard Gauw (page images at HathiTrust)
Esemplare di alfabeti diversi fregiati di fiori, di animali e di altri ornati : dedicato a S. E. il signor d. Nicola Caracciolo, principe di Castagneto (s.n., 1830), by Gabriele De Sanctis, Filippo Fergola, Antonio Rossi, and Nicola Riccio (page images at HathiTrust)
Neueste Schreibekunst (Bey Wilhelm Heinsius, 1799), by Carl Traugott Riedel (page images at HathiTrust)
Deutsche Schreibübung (s.n., 1798), by Joseph Aloys Mathey and Agnes Schalck (page images at HathiTrust)
Ouuvres, ou, lon comprendra facilement la maniere de bien et proprement escrire (Par I. Bramerav..., 1608), by Luc Materot, François de Rosset, Mathieu Greuter, César de Nostredame, and P. Roux (page images at HathiTrust)
Vollständige Anweisung zur deutschen Schreibekunst (Bey Christian Friedrich Petersen und dem Verfasser, 1797), by C. H. Möckel and Christian Friedrich Petersen (page images at HathiTrust)
Nuovo metodo e regole performare un bel carattere all'uso moderno (Per Nic. Pagni e Gius. Bardi, merc. di stampe, 1796), by Giovacchino Frosini, Giuseppe Bardi, Niccolo Pagni, and Gaetano Giarrè (page images at HathiTrust)
Saggio di caratteri di moderno gusto : con una breve istruzrone diretta ai principianti per facilitar loro la maniera di formarli (Presso il Franzetti ... :, 1794), by Marco Di Pietro (page images at HathiTrust)
Nouveau livre d'ecriture françoise (s.n., 1720), by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Geissler (page images at HathiTrust)
Ghirlanda di sei vaghi fiori scielti da piu famosi giardini d'Italia (Alla libraria del Giesv, 1604), by Pietro Paolo Tozzi, Sebastiano Zanella, and Antonello Bertozzi (page images at HathiTrust)
Nuova maniera per facilitar a fanciulli il modo di scrivere. (All' insegna della B.V. della Pace sopra il ponte di Rialto, 1760), by Pietro Scattaglia and Innocente Alessandri (page images at HathiTrust)
Allgemeine Anweisung der neuesten Schönschreibkunst ... : für die Jugend hohen und niedern Standes, desgl. für andere Liebhaber einer schönen Feder und für Frauenzimmer : mit einer gedrukkten Anweisung and beigefügten Orthographie. (Helwing, 1780), by Johann Gottfried Weber (page images at HathiTrust)
Uebungen im Schönschreiben ([s.n., 1797), by Andreas Grüning (page images at HathiTrust)
Libro primo di cancellaresche, corsive, mercantile et diverse maniere di lettere bastarde (Stampato appresso l'autore, & intagliato da Camillo Cungi, 1620), by Francesco Pisani and Camillo Cungi (page images at HathiTrust)
Vera regola dello scrivere (Al negozio Remondini, 1680), by Agostino Tensini and Remondini (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
Exercitatio alphabetica nova et utilissima, variis expressa linguis et characteribus (s.n.], 1569), by Clément Perret and Cornelis de Hooghe (page images at HathiTrust)
Exemplaire de l'ecriture Françoise et Allemande ([s.n.], 1793), by Johann Braun (page images at HathiTrust)
Kurtzverfasste Anweisung zu den Lateinischen Schrifften (Zu finden bey Iohann Friederich Probst, Ieremias Wolffen sel. Erb., Kunst Haendlern allda, 1765), by Tobias Tochtermann, Johann Georg Hertel, Johann Friederich Probst, and Tobias Conrad Lotter (page images at HathiTrust)
Institutio ad Gallicum et Italicum modum Latine scribendi, in usum iuventutis accommodata (Impensis Jo. Georgii Hertelii, 1765), by I. M. R., Johann Georg Hertel, and Tobias Conrad Lotter (page images at HathiTrust)
Nouveau livre d'ecriture d'après les meilleures exemples de Rossignol. (Chez Daumont ..., 1770), by Louis Rossignol, Jean-Francois Daumont, Johann Baptist Babel, and Le Parmentier (Engraver of calligraphy) (page images at HathiTrust)
Duytsche exemplaren van alderhande gheschrifften : seer nut ende bequaem voor de duytsche schoolmeesters ende alle beminders der pennen (D.V. Horenbeeck, L. Serweytius excudeb., 1620), by Jan van de Velde and Gerard Gauw (page images at HathiTrust)
Gründliche Anweisung zu Teutsch- und Lateinischer Schreib-Kunst (s.n., 1734), by à S. Stephano Adam, Thomas Bohacz, and J. A. Leichamschneider (page images at HathiTrust)
Nuovo libro di caratteri (Presso il librajo Nunzio Rossi ..., in the 1780s), by Gennaro Tronte and Filippo de Grado (page images at HathiTrust)
Exemples d'ecriture françoise (s.n., in the 18th century), by Joseph Helwig (page images at HathiTrust)
Thresor literaire : contenant plusieurs diverses escritures, les plus usitées és escoles Francoyses des Provinces Unies du Pays-bas (Pour M. D.V. Horenbeeck et M. L. Serweytius, 1621), by Jan van de Velde and Gerard Gauw (page images at HathiTrust)
Vollständiger Unterricht der Schönschreibkunst für die Kurpfälzische Jugend sowohl als auch für alle Liebhaber derselben : mit allergnädigstem kurfürstlichem privilegio (Gestochen von Jos. Marianus in Augsburg, 1795), by Johann Friederich Pixis and Joseph Marianus (page images at HathiTrust)
Idea del bvon scrittore (Intagliata da Christofo. Blanco, 1619), by Tomaso Ruinetti, Nicola Borboni, and Christoforo Blanco (page images at HathiTrust)
Primo libro di scrivere (Per Pietro Spada appresso il propio autore, 1589), by Giacomo Romano (page images at HathiTrust)
L'arte dello scrivere. (s.n., 1790), by Francesco Bertolotti (page images at HathiTrust)
Schat kamer van verscheyde geschriften, met groote neerstigheijt geinventeert, geschreven en gesneden (s.n., 1682), by Ambrosius Perlingh, Johannes de Broen, and Gerrit de Broen (page images at HathiTrust)
Der getreue Schreibemeister (s.n.], 1758), by Johann Friedrich Vicum, 18th cent Körner, and 18th cent Zülly (page images at HathiTrust)
Selbstlehrende canzleymässige Dressdnische Schreibe-Schule ([s.n.], 1755), by Johann Friedrich Vicum, Johann Albrecht Büchler, 18th cent Körner, and 18th cent Zülly (page images at HathiTrust)
Der getreue Schreibemeister (s.n., 1749), by Johann Friedrich Stäps, Johann Benjamin Brühl, E. G. Vogel, 18th cent Körner, and 18th cent Zülly (page images at HathiTrust)
Nutzliche Anleitung und Fundament zu Current, Cantzley und Fractur wie auch der Lateinischen Cursiv (s.n., in the 1730s), by Gottfrid Jacob Haupt (page images at HathiTrust)
The pen-man's recreation : containing sundry examples of faire writing of excellent use for all such as aime at some perfection therein (s.n., 1660), by James Hodder, Thomas Dare, John Dare, Richard Gaywood, and Edward Cocker (page images at HathiTrust)
Pen-mans treasury (Printed for, and are to be sold (with the Youths direction to write without a teacher, and other of the authors works) by John Dverton ..., 1685), by Edward Cocker and Richard Gaywood (page images at HathiTrust)
L'art d'ecrire : contenant une collection des meilleurs exemples (Chez Daumont ..., 1756), by Louis Rossignol, Jean-Francois Daumont, Le Parmentier (Engraver of calligraphy), and André François Roland (page images at HathiTrust)
Collection de principes et modèles des différentes sortes d'ecriture (Chez Basset ..., 1799), by Guillaume Montfort and Dien (page images at HathiTrust)
Traité de l'écriture sur l'enseignement (Chez l'auteur ... ;, 1787), by Joseph Henri Defargues and Louis-Jacques Beaublé (page images at HathiTrust)
Fables d'Ésope : dediées au premier consul Bonaparte (Chez Basset ... :, 1801), by Laurent Guyot, J.-B. Gail, Louis-Jacques Beaublé, Guillaume Montfort, and Aesop (page images at HathiTrust)
Vollkommene Wieder-Herstellung (s.n., 1716), by Michael Baurenfeind and Christoph Weigel (page images at HathiTrust)
Alfabeto italiano e latino per apprendere a scrivere esatamente : con alcuni esemplari di lettere mansioni e numeri. (Al Negozio Wagner in merceria S. Giuliano, 1788) (page images at HathiTrust)
Geographische und historische Vorschrifften : mit sonderbarem Fleiss colligizet ([s.n.], 1741), by Moritz Bodenehr, Christian Philipp Lindemann, Georg-Paul Busch, and Elias Göischler (page images at HathiTrust)
A copy book enriched with great variety of the most useful and modish hands adorned with a whole alphabet of great letters ... / by Thomas Watson ... (London : Printed for Nathanieil Ponder ..., [1683?]), by Thomas Watson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Arts masterpiece or The pens glory a copy book set forth in the most legible hands extant with excellent directions for the exact and speedie writing of every hand. Invented written & engraven by a lover of that noble and ingenious science James Seamer ([London] : Sold by Samuel Keble at the Turks head in Fleet-Street, [1675?]), by James Seamer (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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