Forty Centuries of Ink / Or, A chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink.

by David Nunes Carvalho

1588.

John Mellis, "Merchants Accounts," etc.

1600.

Elizabeth Jane Weston, of London and Prague, wrote many poems in old Latin.

1600.

Hester Inglis, "The Psalms of David."

1601.

John Davies, "The Writing Schoolmaster, or
Anatomy of Fair Writing."

1616.

Richard Gething, "The Hand and Pen; 1645, "Chirographia" and many others.