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The 26 letters

Title
The 26 letters / by Oscar Ogg.
Author
Ogg, Oscar.
Publication
New York : Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1948.

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Description
254 p. illus., maps.; 25 cm.
Summary
"Beginning with the earliest man (35, 000-15,000 B.C.), his implements and his culture, this ... book traces through the centuries the development of writing from the earliest cave drawings in northern Spain to the modern linotype."
Subject
  • Geschichte
  • Writing > History > Juvenile literature
  • Alphabet > Juvenile literature
  • Printing presses > Juvenile literature
  • Alphabet
  • Printing presses
  • Writing
  • Alphabet
  • Alphabets
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Juvenile works.
Note
  • Inscribed to Elmer Adler by the author.
Contents
Before history -- The Egyptians -- The Phoenicians -- The Greeks -- The Romans -- Small letters -- Caroline and Gothic letters -- The invention of type -- Printing and the alphabet.
LCCN
48009445
OCLC
  • ocm02622265
  • 2622265
  • SCSB-142942
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library