a manuscript
A book, document, or other composition written by hand.
The English term for a first copy of a book or play written by hand is "manuscript."
manuscript
When the book was written it was written in hand writing by Charles Dickens
Henry Mogford has written: 'Hand-book for the preservation of pictures' -- subject(s): Painting, Conservation and restoration 'Hand-book for the preservation of pictures'
A member of the press has written: 'The hand-book of Toronto'
Close by / At hand /
Book
Arthur Jewitt has written: 'Hand-book of practical perspective'
Hazel Graeme has written: 'Book of machine and hand knitwear'
codex in the Middle Ages; a manuscript now before printing and publishing.Nowadays manucripts are not hand-written but typed.
Edward Churton has written: 'The hand-book of taste in book-binding' -- subject(s): Book ornamentation, Bookbinding, History, Marbling (Bookbinding)