The art of writing 2800 B.C. to 1930 A.D.
Subtitle: illustrated in a collection of original documents written on vellum, paper, papyrus, silk, linen, bamboo, or inscribed on clay, marble, steatite, jasper, haematite, matrix of emerald and chalcedony.  Exhibiting forty styles of scripts in the languages of Europe, Asia and Africa.
Series: [Catalogue -- 542]; Catalogue (Maggs Bros.) -- 542
Published: 1930
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 510
Subjects: Manuscripts -- Catalogs; Paleography; Writing -- History
Genres: Catalogs