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A51552 Regulæ trium ordinum literarum typographicarum, or, The rules of the three orders of print letters viz. the Roman, Italick, English capitals and small : shewing how they are compounded of geometrick figures, and mostly made by rule and compass, useful for writing masters, painters, carvers, masons, and others that are lovers of curiosity / by Joseph Moxon ... Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691. 1676 (1676) Wing M3019; ESTC R21244 27,439 130

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