Manuscripts, inscriptions and muniments
Subtitle: oriental, classical, medieval and modern : described, classified and arranged, comprehending the history of the art of writing
By: by Henry Smith Williams ; with more than two hundred facsimile reproductions in tone and color from the important languages of every age ; the selection and description of facsimiles made by the editor, assisted by Rupert Hughes, John Corbin, E.H. Williams, and Dudley W. Walton ... --
Publisher: Merrill & Baker
Published: 1902
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Writing -- History.; Paleography.; Manuscripts -- Facsimiles.
Other titles: The history of the art of writing
Notes: Issued in portfolios with title: The history of the art of writing ...

Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress.

RBSC copy 1: Leaf of text accompanying plate 50a, plate 101, and t.p. to portfolio 3, wanting.

RBSC copy 2: Title leaf to each portfolio wanting.

MASS copy: Leaf of text accompanying plate 4 wanting.
Table of contents: value: portfolio 1.  Oriental series, including Egyptian and Assyrian, and the story of the decipherment of these long-forgotten languages; the other scripts of Asia; and the ancient Mexican writing of America.- portfolio 2.  Classical series, including the story of the probable origin and the development of the Greek and Latin scripts.-  portfolio 3. Medieval series, including illuminated books, Bible manuscripts, and historical documents.-  portfolio 4.  Illuminated manuscripts of the Orient, and autograph writings of modern times.