The Alphabet : An Account of the Origin and Development of Letters, Vol. I, Semitic Alphabets / Isaac Taylor

Identifier:REF.TY.1071

Dimensions:xii, 358 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Publication dates:1883

Library of Congress Subject Headings:Typography, Alphabet

Description:This two-part series attempts to compile a brief account of recent discoveries surrounding the origin and development of the alphabet. Volume I covers the Semitic alphabets. Chapters cover the inventors of writing, the origin of the alphabet, the primitive letters, the Phoenician alphabet, the Aramean alphabets, and the South Semitic Alphabets. Also includes several tables depicting examples of 20 alphabets discussed including the hieroglyphic, Semitic, Greek, Phoenician, Aramean, Hebrew, Syrian, Mongolian, Syriac, Arabic, Persian, South Semitic, and Ethiopic alphabets. Detailed illustrations are also contained within the volume, as is a full list of Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co.' Publications.