*Defoe al
“1726
An essay upon literatures or, An enquiry
into the antiquity and original of letters,
(Defoe, Daniel] 1660-1731,
An essay upon literature: or, An enquiry into the antiquityand original of letters; proving that the two tables written by the finger of God in Mount Sinai, was the first writing in the world; and that all other alphabets derive from the Hebrew ... London; Printed for Tho, Bowles, printeeller, next to the Chapter-House, St. Paul's Church-yard; John Clark, bookseller, under the Piazzas, Royal-Exchange; and John Bowles, printseile over-against Stocks Mar-
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