Writing method - Lot 260

Writing method [ROYLLET] [MANUSCRIPT]. J. DIOT. Les Nouveaux Principes De L'art d'Ecrire, ou La vraie Méthode d'y exceller Sans Maitre, Ecrite par J. Diot Remiremt. 1789. - Traite pour rendre flexibles les Articulations des doigts & du bras - Cahier d'Ecriture, Ecrit par Diot Remiremont. Dédié aux amateurs ce 16. Av. 1792. Manuscript in-folio, ink on paper, 34.5 x 49 cm, formerly bound in cardboard, entirely unbound. 40f. Black ink, titles and ornaments in black, red or blue ink. Calligraphic copy signed in three places "J. Diot" or "Diot", from Remiremont in the Vosges, and dated 1789 and 1792 of the first part of Nouveaux principes de l'art d'écrire by Sébastien Royllet. The work, published in Paris by Alexis Mesnier in 1731, deals with the positions of the arm, hand and wrist, then the size and holding of the pen, before devoting itself to the formation of each letter, "major" and "minor" (i.e. upper and lower case), French, Italian, leaning cast typeface, etc., with different examples for each: straight, English, Italian and amusing anthropomorphic typefaces in red ink, This treatise (20f.: title and 37p.), is followed by 20f. full pages (recto only, not folioed) reproducing examples of calligraphic texts in different characters, all in beautiful frames and borders decorated with large scrolls and arabesques forming birds, faces, suns, etc. Entirely unbound with very damaged boards, a few marginal tears including 2 affecting the text, worm gallery in the Cahier d'ecriture.