THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE ART OF WRITING: A CONNECTED NARRATIVE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ART, ITS PRIMEVAL PHASES IN EGYPT, CHINA, MEXICO, ETC. ; ITS MIDDLE STATE IN THE CUNEATIC SYSTEMS OF NINEVEH AND PERSEPOLIS, TO ITS INTRODUCTION TO EUROPE THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE HEBREW, PHOENICIAN, AND GREEK SYSTEMS, AND ITS SUBSEQUENT PROGRESS TO THE PRESENT DAY. ILLUSTRATED BY A NUMBER OF SPECIMENS OF THE WIRITING OF ALL AGES, AND A SERIES OF FACSIMILES FROM AUTOGRAPH LETTERS FROM THE FIFTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

Humphreys, Henry Noel.

Edité par Ingram, Cooke, and Co. 1853

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First edition hardback. It is bound in lightly rubbed but otherwise sound library cloth. The endpapers have library plates and some foxing. The title page has embossed and ink library stamps. There is some foxing throughout the text and plates. Illustrated, viii + 176.

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• Titre: THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE ART OF WRITING: A CONNECTED NARRATIVE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ART, ITS PRIMEVAL PHASES IN EGYPT, CHINA, MEXICO, ETC. ; ITS MIDDLE STATE IN THE CUNEATIC SYSTEMS OF NINEVEH AND PERSEPOLIS, TO ITS INTRODUCTION TO EUROPE THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE HEBREW, PHOENICIAN, AND GREEK SYSTEMS, AND ITS SUBSEQUENT PROGRESS TO THE PRESENT DAY. ILLUSTRATED BY A NUMBER OF SPECIMENS OF THE WIRITING OF ALL AGES, AND A SERIES OF FACSIMILES FROM AUTOGRAPH LETTERS FROM THE FIFTEENTH ...
• Éditeur: Ingram, Cooke, and Co. 1853
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale