New large text and Dutch striking alphabets : with a variety of examples in the hands most approved for business
A 1785 London penmanship manual by Thomas Tomkins and engraver Harry Ashby, published by the author in Cheapside, offering large text and Dutch striking alphabets for business writers. The pictures are copperplate engravings of flourished capital letters, script lines and sample words in fine, looping strokes that a designer could draw on for lettering, monograms and calligraphic ornament.
