An Act for securing to John Byrom, Master of Arts, the sole right of publishing, for a certain term of years, the Art and Method of Shorthand, invented by him.

SHORTHAND.

Editore: London: Printed by John Baskett., 1742., 1742

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FIRST PRINTING. Folio, pp. [641] - 644, general title-page with coat of arms, drop-head title at top of next leaf, black letter, some foxing, disbound. [John Byrom, 1692-1763, poet and inventor of a system of shorthand. "Byrom invented a system of shorthand,and having perfected this, he returned to England in 1716. Some of the inhabitants of Manchester tried to persuade him to set up a medical practice in the town, but he decided that his abilities were insufficient to pursue a medical career and resolved to teach his shorthand system instead. Shortly after coming into his family inheritance in 1740, Byrom patented his "New Universal Shorthand". This system of shorthand was taught officially at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities and was used by the clerk in the House of Lords. On 16 June 1742, His Majesty George II secured to John Byrom, M.A., the sole right of publishing for a certain term of years the art and method of shorthand invented by him. His system of shorthand was posthumously published as "The Universal English Shorthand" [in 1757] which, although superseded in the nineteenth Century, marked a significant development in the history of shorthand. It was used by John (1703 1791) and Charles Wesley (1707 - 1788), founders of Methodism, who recorded their self-examinations in coded diaries." Wikipaedia.]. Codice articolo 23002

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Titolo: An Act for securing to John Byrom, Master of...

Casa editrice: London: Printed by John Baskett., 1742.

Data di pubblicazione: 1742

Edizione: 1st Edition