Illustrirte Geschichte Der Schrift. Popular-Wissenschaftliche Darstellung Der Entsehung Der Schrift Der Sprache Und Der Zahlen Sowie Der Schriftsysteme Aller Volker Der Erde ...

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Wien: A. Hartleben's Verlag 1880. Roy.8vo. Or.gilt dec. cl. (recased preserving original spine strip). (XVI632pp.). With 14 col. lithographs and num. text-illusts. Text in German. 1st ed. NOTE: An interesting work on the history and evolution of writing with special focus on early script. A discourse on Egyptian & Mexican Hieroglyphics and early Chinese Arabic Indian Greek Babylonian and Judaic alphabets.