Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Foster, Vere, 1819-1900
Title:
Vere Foster's new copy-books : bold writing, or Civil Service series.
Published / Created:
London ; Glasgow ; Edinburgh ; Dublin : Blackie & Son, [approximately 1890]
Physical Description:
[24] volumes ; 17 x 22 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Z43.A1 V47 1890 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title.

"List of Vere Foster's Series of Copy-Books" on back cover.

BAC: British Art Center copy incomplete: no. 20 only. In original printed wrappers.
Contents:
1. Large hand -- 2-3. Half text hand -- 4. Large hand, half text -- 5-6. Half text hand -- 7. Large round hand -- 8. Medium round hand -- 9-10. Small round hand --11. Large and small hand --1 2-13. Small hand -- 13 1/2 Noted places in Scotland.--14-15. Small hand -- 15 1/2 Celebrated Scotchmen -- 16-17. Small hand -- 18. Models for book-keeping, ciphering, and accounts --19. Commercial forms and correspondence -- 20. Models for Children's Letters -- 21-22. Provinces, Counties and Towns in Ireland.
Subject Terms:
Penmanship -- Study and teaching. | Copybooks. | Penmanship.
Form/Genre:
Copy books (Penmanship)
Contributors:
Blackie & Son, publisher.