The origin and progress of the art of writing : a connected narrative of the development of the art in its primeval phases in Egypt, China, and Mexico ... and its subsequent progress to the present day / by Henry Noel Humphreys ; 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.
- Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879
- Date:
- 1855
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
London : Day and Son, 1855.
Physical description
178 pages, 28 leaves of plates : facsimiles (some color) ; 27 cm
Edition
2nd ed.
Notes
Spine title: History of writing.
References note
King, VDTB, p. 22.
Binding detail
Designed by Henry Noel Humphreys: black papier mâché covers with red backing paper underneath; leaf and flower decorated borders; extensive foliage surrounds central title; gilt blocked leather spine; all edges gilt.
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