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Jean de Beauchesne
Influential French master penman, 1538-1620. Jean de Beauchesne and John Baildon published the first writing manual in England: A Booke containing divers sortes of hands, as well the English as French secrataries with the italic, roman, chancelry&court hands (1570-1571, London: Thomas Vautrollier). In 1580, he published Le Tresor d'escriture, auquel est contenu tout ce qui est requis&necessaire à tous amateurs dudict art. His third book was La Clef de l'escriture laquelle ouvre le chemin à la jeunesse, pour bien apprendre à excrire la vraye lettre françoyse&italique (1595, London: G. Boulengier). He also published Specimens manuscrits anglais dédiés à Mme Elizabeth fille unique du roi de Grande Bretaigne (1610, England). Sample of his batarde angloise (1570). Digital typefaces based on his examples include Piacevole (2008, Marc H. Smith). |
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file name: Marc H Smith Piacevole
file name: Jean De Beauchesne Batarde Angloise 1570
file name: J De Beauchesne John Baildon A Booke Containing Divers Sortes Of Hands Capitals 1571
file name: J De Beauchesne John Baildon A Booke Containing Divers Sortes Of Hands Lettere Piaceviolle 1571
file name: J De Beauchesne John Baildon A Booke Containing Divers Sortes Of Hands Secretary Hand 1571
file name: J De Beauchesne John Baildon A Booke Containing Divers Sortes Of Hands Set Chancery Hand 1571
file name: J De Beauchesne John Baildon A Booke Containing Divers Sortes Of Hands Lettres 1571
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