The art of writing, 2800 B.C. to 1930 A.D. : illustrated in a collection of original documents written on vellum, paper, papyrus, silk, linen, bamboo, or inscribed on clay, marble, steatite, jasper, haematite, matrix of emerald and chalcedony, exhibiting forty styles of scripts in the languages of Europe, Asia and Africa.
- Date:
- [1930]
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
London : Maggs Bros., [1930]
Physical description
510 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Series
Contributors
Notes
290 items, priced
Includes indexes of authors, titles and (on wrappers) materials and languages.
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Akers Note: Binding: vellum? over boards, red morocco back. Orig. wrappers bound in
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores/MAGBy appointment Manual request Note