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Poikilographia, or, Various specimens of ornamental penmanship
Poikilographia, or, Various specimens of ornamental penmanship
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Poikilographia, or, Various specimens of ornamental penmanship

Date1812
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  • Various specimens of ornamental penmanship
  • Various specimens of ornamental penmanship.
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Poikilographia; or, Various specimens of ornamental penmanship. Engraved throughout. Vignette on each plate. Engraved by Stalker & Gullan. Four of the plates have Canadian references. Coate probably lived in Canada.
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Dimensions||ill., port.||
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  • ill., port.
Language
CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131055440085D
Dewey Number488131
Real pen-work: self-instructor in penmanship
Real pen-work: self-instructor in penmanship
1881
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1/8/1971
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Catalogue of the flowering plants and ferns indigenous to, or naturalized in, Canada, to facilitate the exchanging of specimens, etc.
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1867
Taxidermist at 13, Roy Huemmer shows some of his specimens
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