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Record Nr.

UNISA996387048803316

Titolo

Caracters and diuersitie of letters vsed by diuers nations in the vvorld [[electronic resource] ] : the antiquity, manifold vse and variete thereof: vvith exemplalry descriptions of very many strang alphabets. Curiously cutt in brasse by Iohn Theod: de Bry deceased

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Franckfort on the Mayne, : Printed by Iohn Nicol : Stoltzenberger for VVilliam Fitzer, Anno M. DC. XXVIII [1628]

Descrizione fisica

[12] p., [64] leaves of plates

Altri autori (Persone)

BryJohann Theodor de <1561-1623?>

FitzerWilliam <ca. 1600-1671.>

Soggetti

Alphabets

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Editor's dedication signed: William Fitzer.

The last 24 plates each has a letter of the alphabet, including W. These letters originally appeared, 2 to a recto, on I4-M3 of J. T. de Bry's first edition of:  Alphabeta et characters, 1596.--STC.

Signatures: *⁴ **²  A-I⁴ N⁴ [O-T]⁴.

Imperfect; lacks last 4 leaves.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018