(Buchinger, Matthias) | Inscribed at the Angel in Norwich

(Buchinger, Matthias)

Autograph calligraphy exemplar signed ("Matthew Buchinger")

One page (68 x 87 mm) on a slip cut from a leaf of paper, Norwich, 25 September 1733, variously demonstrating frontward, backward, upside-down, and mirror writing; soiled, some restoration at top margin, tiny chip at right margin, hinged to a mat board.

This standard formulation of Buchinger's writing prowess was evidently inscribed during his engagement at the Angel in Norwich: "This was Written by Matthias Buchinger born Without Hands or Feet 1674 in Germany."

REFERENCE:

Exemplars, p. 75; MB, fig. 22; Wordplay 70