El arte de escrevir todas las formas i generos de letras; nuevamente compuesta Por el bachiller Alonso Martin del Canto, natural de la villa de Medina del Campo y abitante en la Universidad de Salamanca
The principal hand is italic but there are specimens of many others. Included in the second part are decorative and exotic alphabets and ciphers. Some specimens are signed and dated Salamanca 1544 (e.g., f. 22r, in mirror writing). Bound in 18th-century cat's paw sheepskin. In a tray case, 26 cm. Bookplate of Lady Frances Bentinck. Bequest of Philip Hofer, 1984.
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