Writing : the story of alphabets and scripts

Title
  1. Writing : the story of alphabets and scripts / Georges Jean.
Published by
  1. New York : H.N. Abrams, 1992.
Author
  1. Jean, Georges.

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Description
  1. 207 pages : illustrations (some color); 18 cm.
Summary
  1. Translated from the French by Jenny Oates. Presents the six thousand year history of writing from hieroglyphics and cuneiform to the invention of printing and today's modern lettering.
Series statement
  1. Discoveries
Uniform title
  1. Écriture. English
  2. Discoveries (New York, N.Y.)
Alternative title
  1. Écriture.
Subject
  1. Writing > History
  2. Printing > History
  3. Paleography
  4. Paleography
  5. paleography
  6. 06.09 handwriting and writing systems
  7. Printing
  8. Writing
  9. Schrift
Genre/Form
  1. History.
  2. Textbooks (form)
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 199) and index.