Calligraphy.- Cocker (Edward) Magnum in parvo or The Pens Perfection, second edition, lacking engraved title and the 6pp. letterpress text (supplied in negative photographs), 25 engraved plates including the rare first plate 'The Foundation of Writing', rather soiled and water-stained, first plate soiled and defective at outer margin preserving contemporary ink initials, final plate defective and laid down (no loss to image), some other marginal defects and repairs, modern library morocco-backed cloth, [Wing C4842], John Garrett, [1675]; and another on calligraphy, oblong 4to & 8vo; sold not subject to return (2)

⁂ First published in 1672, both editions are scarce. ESTC records only 3 UK copies (BL, National Library of Scotland, and Bodleian Library Oxford), plus 2 in America.