An easy and compendious system of shorthand : adapted to the arts and sciences, and to the learned professions

An easy and compendious system of shorthand : adapted to the arts and sciences, and to the learned professions. / By Thomas Sarjeant. ; [Four lines of verse].

Author/creator	Gurney, Thomas, 1705-1770
Other author/creator	Sarjeant, Thomas, editor.
Other author/creator	Sarjeant, Thomas, illustrator.
Other author/creator	Birch, engraver.
Format	Book and Microform
Publication Info	Philadelphia : Printed by Dobson & Lang for the editor: sold by T. Dobson, W. Prichard, and all other booksellers, Philadelphia; S. Campbell, New York; B. Larkin, Boston; J. Adams, Wilmington; Rice & Co. Baltimore; T. Brend, Richmond, MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]
Description	46 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered page, XII leaves of plates : 1 portrait ; 15 cm (8vo)
Subject(s)	Gurney, Thomas, 1705-1770--Portraits. Shorthand.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 21869 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 21869. ^A478749
General note	Half-title: Gurney's Brachygraphy, improved. [Price, half a guinea.]
General note	"In conformity to the plan of the original author of this system, the present editor will upon application, personally obviate any difficulty that may arise ... if the number of the copy in the student's possession be inserted."--p. [10].
General note	Signatures: [A]⁴ B-F⁴.
General note	Plates drawn by Sarjeant; plates and frontispiece portrait of Gurney engraved by Birch.
General note	Poems to the author, Thomas Gurney, by various writers, p. 5-8.
General note	Advertisement for books "For the use of schools and private education. Just published by the same author ...", p. [47-48].
References	Evans 21869
References	Rink, E. Technical Americana, 1977
Reproduction note	Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 21869).
Genre/form	Publishers' catalogues Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Genre/form	Poems 1789.
Genre/form	Writing books.
Genre/form	Textbooks.
Other title	Gurney's brachygraphy, improved.

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	NC Microfiche	MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 21869	✔ Available