Making their mark: Eighteenth-century writing-masters and their copy-books

British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-159

  Douglas, Aileen ^a  

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EID: 4444318379     PISSN: 0141867X     EISSN: 17540208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-0208.2001.tb00434.x     Document Type: Review

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