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1719 Abraham Nicholas copy book English Round Hand penman calligraphy Bickham ?

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This item consists of the entire copybook of «The Penmans Assistant & Youth’s Instructor» printed in 1719, so far as I can ascertain, but as I’m unaware of any others in existence I’m very much reliant on the 1806 description provided by the Revd. Mark Noble in his work, The Biographical History of England (which in turn may have come from the Reverend James Granger). The engravings are unattributed, though George Bickham the Elder certainly worked with Nicholas on his previous and subsequent copybook, and indeed provided the engravings in the only known reprint of this particular title, in 1751. Abraham Nicholas III was a London penman or writing-master who published three copy books (1715/1717, «Various Examples of Penmanship, 1719 «Penmans Assistant & Youth’s Instructor» and (according to Rose 1725, to others 1722 ) «Complete (or Compleat) Writing Master»). This item is the middle of the three known copy books. The first and last were know to have been engraved by George Bickham, but the middle one was unattributed. In the 1751 reprint, which is much embellished, George Bickham was responsible for the engravings. He himself was prolific at the time in engraving the English round hand books being produced, and had a high opinion of Nicholas, and indeed was responsible for his portrait frontispiece in the 1725 copy book. He also provided two pages for Bickham’s celebrated «Penman’s Companion» in 1722. Nicholas himself is supposed to have disappeared in 1722 (or 1725 if you refer to the publication of his third copy book), though his brother James (also a penman) remained running the boarding-school he had established at Clapham. Abraham was believed to have gone to Virginia, with a loose anecdotal reported death of 1744 whilst still there. However, no more is apparently known of him. I have my own research that leads me to have a theory of his recruitment by James Blair to the Goodrich, Williamsburg area of VA, though there is more work to do on that. This pamphlet has grey/blue paper wrappers covering the end boards, whether there is anything to be revealed beneath them or not I do not know. They themselves contain a potted history of it’s own existence, with a manuscript dating of November 1727 at an as yet unidentified Writing School, and bearing the name of it’s owner in a different corner, Josiah Chorley (identified, please see below). This name is repeated on the inside front cover with an annotation of «Josiah Chorley given by his father May 24 1727».The Josiah Chorley in this case is not the known English Presbyterian minister but in fact his great nephew, named after him by his nephew (or sometimes confused as his son) Richard Chorley, who was educated at Frankland and Rathmell Academy.At some point in it’s lifetime, a further name has been added, that of Susanna Pilkington.Helpfully, this book has at one time been in the hands of a family researcher, who I believe was Susannah Withington Wise, of the Wise family of Taplow Mill’s near Maidenhead. She identifies Susannah Pilkington as the eldest daughter of the Revd John Pilkington. She has heavily annotated the rear inside cover. A correction to her misidentification of Josiah Chorley is done by an unknown hand. As to the main event, the copy book itself, I have these observations. So far as I can tell it is complete, with an advertising title page, followed by fifteen narrow plates. These being two full alphabet plates (Rose mentions one), followed by twelves sequential motto plates. The letters J and U are deliberately omitted.Published by H Overton at the White Horse without Newgate. Please see photographs provided for purpose of sale, this is a selection rather than every page. No permission is granted by me for reproduction of these. I’m happy to respond to messages. Please see photographs provided which serve as the best possible description. I post all paper items protected and in proper card backed envelopes. I never add additional folds, if the item is shown with a parcel postage price that is because it is oversized and will not fit in a small or large letter envelope. I’m always happy to combine postage when I can. Thanks for looking.

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