| Title: | Writing |
| Original Title: | Ecritures |
| Volume and Page: | Plates vol. 2 (1765) |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Original Version (ARTFL): | Link |
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| URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.403 |
| Citation (MLA): | "Writing." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.403>. Trans. of "Ecritures," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 2 (plates). Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Writing." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.403 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Ecritures," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 2 (plates) (Paris, 1765). |
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Containing Sixteen Plates.
Plate I: Title
Plate II: The Art of Writing
Plate III: The Art of Writing
Plate IV: Position of the Hand and Knife. Different Ways to Cut the Quill. Proportions of a Quill
Plate V: Positions of the Quilll
Plate VI: Radical Figures
Plate VII: Height, Width and Slant of Letters
Plate VIII: Preparatory Exercises
Plate IX: Ronde Alphabets
Plate X: Bâtarde Alphabets
Plate XI: Coulée Alphabets
Plate XII: Quills for Straight Lines
Plate XIII: Capital Letters and Abbreviations
Plate XIV: Different Types of Ronde Letters
Plate XV: Different Types of Bâtarde Letters
Plate XVI: Different Types of Coulée Letters
