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ASTLE, Thomas. The Origin And Progress of Writing, As Well Hieroglyphic As Elementary, Illustrated by Engravings Taken From Marbles, Manuscripts and Charters, Ancient and Modern: Also Some Account of The Origin and Progress of Printing. London: Printed by T. Bensley, ...For. J. White...1803. Second edition, With Additions. 4to., recently rebound with a dark blue calf spine, marble boards, raised bands, leather label, xxiv, (1)-240pp. Plus the errata slip. Some scattered very light foxing o/w a fine copy. Thomas Astle [1735-1803] archivist, collector of books and manuscripts. This was Astle's most substantial work, first published in 1784. "It is a wide-ranging piece of scholarship, with excellent plates of facsimiles of scripts, engraved by B.T. Pouncy; universal in its scope, it includes a history of printing as well as accounts of the materials used for writing, numerals and the characters for numerals, and secret writing and ciphers..." (DNB). Bigmore & Wyman I p.20. $1,250.00 |
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