The origin and progress of the art of writing : a connected narrative of the development of the art...
The origin and progress of the art of writing : a connected narrative of the development of the art ... / by Henry Noel Humphreys.
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London : Ingram, Cooke and Co., MDCCCLIII [1853]
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Date
MDCCCLIII [1853]
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T0017667 , RICHARDSON/ 244 , DSM/Q652/H
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Language
English
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Physical content
[2], viii, 176, [2] p., 28 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm .
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Publisher
London : Ingram, Cooke and Co., MDCCCLIII [1853]
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
MDCCCLIII [1853]
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Copyright status: Out of copyright.
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The origin and progress of the art of writing : a connected narrative of the development of the art ... / by Henry Noel Humphreys.
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"Illustrated by a number of specimens of the writing of all ages, and a series of facsimiles from autograph letters from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century".
Contains 13 plates chromolithographed by Day & Son; 15 uncoloured plates printed by Paul Jerrard .
Cover title: The history of writing .
Papier mache cover made to resemble metal work.
Rare Books copy inscribed : Nelson Moore Richardson, Montevideo, W. Weymouth....
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Online at the State Library of NSW.
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T0017667 , RICHARDSON/ 244 , DSM/Q652/H
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74VKwVGErall
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411.09
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991018349109702626
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