Ars Scribendi fine Penna; or, How to Take Down, Verbatim, A Week's Pleading upon One Page by John Mitchell
1782. First Edition. 35 pages. No dust jacket. Quarter bound leather with brown paper covered boards. From the library of Cornelius Watford, with plates to pastedowns. Book has been rebound with blank pages inserted to rear. Folded table to rear. Pages are lightly tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Small pen and pencil inscriptions to title page. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping. Leather peeling slightly to spine ends. Faint black marks overall.