BUTTERWORTH

BUTTERWORTH, EDMUND [& SON]NEW UNIVERSAL PENMAN, IN WHICH THEY HAVE ENDEAVOURED TO DISPLAY, IN A VARIETY OF SPECIMENS, THE BEAUTIES OF PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL WRITINGEdinburgh, J Menzies, 1809. Oblong folio, 30 engraved calligraphic plates plus final calligraphic advert leaf (complete), heavy browning to some plates, a few plates loose, plates 12 and 16 with some creasing and loss to outer margins. In the original marbled boards, worn, leather spine badly worn. Despite the condition this work is complete and the 1809 edition is extremely rare - we have only been able to locate 1 copy on COPAC (at the British Library). No copies recorded on American Book Prices Current