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1. The origin and progress of the art of writing : a connected narrative of the development of the art, its primeval phases in Egypt, China, Mexico, etc ; its middle state in the cuneatic systems of Nineveh and Persepolis, to its introduction to Europe through the medium of the Hebrew, Phœnician, and Greek systems, and its subsequent progress to the present day / by Henry Noel Humphreys, author of the "Illuminated books of the Middle Ages," "The art of illumination," "Ancient coins and medals," etc. ; 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.

The origin and progress of the art of writing : a connected narrative of the development of the art, its primeval phases in Egypt, China, Mexico, etc ; its middle state in the cuneatic systems of Nineveh and Persepolis, to its introduction to Europe through the medium of the Hebrew, Phœnician, and Greek systems, and its subsequent progress to the present day / by Henry Noel Humphreys, author of the "Illuminated books of the Middle Ages," "The art of illumination," "Ancient coins and medals," etc. ; 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.

Creator:: Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879
Date:: MDCCCLIII [1853]
Physical Description:: viii, 176 pages, xxviii leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The blue lights / by R. Carrick ; after J.M.W. Turner, Esqre. R.A. ; shewing the progress of the printing.

The blue lights / by R. Carrick ; after J.M.W. Turner, Esqre. R.A. ; shewing the progress of the printing.

Creator:: Carrick, Robert, active 1853-1895
Date:: [1853?]
Physical Description:: 27 prints in 1 volume : chromolithography volume 62 x 87 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts