Aspects of authority and freedom in relation to Graeco-Latin script, inscription, and type, sixth century B.C. to twentieth century A.D.
Edition: Unrev. proof.
Publisher: S. Morison
Published: 1957
Place of publication: [S.l
Language: eng
Subjects: Writing -- History.; Paleography.; Lettering.
Notes: Appleton, T.  Morison, 205
The Lyell lectures for 1957, issued without statement of authorship.
Vol. 6 omits edition statement.
Rev. and enl. ed. published as: Politics and script. 1972.
Vol. 4, 6 printed by the Times Pub. Co.
"Privately printed for S.M."--v. 1, p. [31]
Table of contents: title: [1] Lecture I, From the Greek inscription from Melos of the sixth-fifth century B.C. to the Latin inscription at Rome of the first century A.D.; title: [2] Lecture II, From rustic to half uncial; title: [3] Lecture III, Second-century Phrygia to eighth-century Gaul; title: [4] Lecture IV, From the Psalm-book of St. Columba, ca. 561, to the Gospel-book of Henry III, ca. 1046; title: [5] Lecture V, From the Eastern schism, 1054, to the Western schism, 1417; title: [6] Lecture VI, Fall of Constantinople, 1453, to the Industrial Revolution.