Book Title: Alphabet Key To History Of Mankind
Author(s): David Diringer
Publisher: Hutchinsons Scientific and Technical Publications
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GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY I have attempted to skim over such a wide area-practically the whole worldand such a long period-corresponding namely to that of the history of civilized men-that a full bibliography is impossible. The great majority of technical monographs, especially in learned journals, are therefore omitted, but works mentioned in this book will put the reader on their track,
On the subject as a whole comparatively very few people have written in English. Isaac Taylor led the way with his important work, which, although partly out of date, is still fundamental. Edward Clodd's little book is interesting and useful, but in it only certain points of the subject are taken into consideration.
In America, W. A. Mason's History of the Art of Writing is well illustrated, but interpretation is sometimes out of date; T. Thompson's The ABC of our Alphabet is very attractive. So is also Moorhouse's Writing and the Alphabet published in London, but neither of them is comprehensive,
Out of the very large number of publications which can be consulted for the subjects dealt with in this book, I have tried to list those which seem to me the most important (the involuntary omissions will, I hope, be forgiven): they are quoted in the different chapters. I append here a list of books which, either in whole or in part, can be usefully consulted for the subject of this book as a whole. The literature dealing with allied subjects is obviously so extensive that I can do no more than select a few of the more significant works which are available to the general reader.
T. Astle, The Origin and Progress of Writing etc., London, 1784; 2nd ed., London, 1803; another edition, London, 1876.
E. Fry, Pantagraphia, London, 1799 H.J. von Klaproth, Aperçu de l'orig.des divers. Écrit del'ancien Monde, Paris, 1832,
J. B. Silvestre, Paléographie unitierselle etc. Paris, (1839-) 1841; (and Sir F. Madden), Universal Palæography, 2 vols., London, 1850; Alphabet-Album. etc., Paris, 1843.
H. N. Humphreys, The Origin and Progr. of the Art of Writing, London, 1853. L. L. de Rosny, Ecritures figuratives etc., 2nd ed., Paris, 1870. L. Law, Graphische Requisiten ere, bei den Juden, 2 parts, Leipsie, 1870-1871. H. Wuttke, Geschichte der Schrift, Leipsis, 1874-1875. K. Faulmann, Illustrirte Geschichte der Schrift, Viennu-Pest-Leipsic, 1880. A. H. Sayce, Introduction to the Science of Languages, 2 vols., London, 1880.
T. Birt, Das antike Buchevesen, Berlin, 1882; Die Buchrolle in der Kunst Leipsic, 1907.
1. Taylor, The Alphabet etc., 2 vols., London, 1883, 2nd ed., London, 1899 C.F. Keary, The Dawn of History, new edition, London, 1888. Ph. Berger, Histoire de l'écriture dans l'antiquité, Paris, 1891; 2nd ed., 1892. F. Madan, Books in Manuscript, etc., London, 1893. E. Grosse, Die Anfrenge der Kunst, Fribourg-Leipsic, 1894
A. C. Haddon, Evolution in Art, London, 1895: The Races of Man etc. Revised edition, Cambridge, 1929; History of Anthropology, 2nd ed., London, 1934.
G. H. Putnam, Books and Their Makers during the Middle Ages, etc., New York and London, 1896. G E. Warner. Mumin. Mamuser. in the Brit. Mus., London, 1899-1903.
E. Clodd, The Story of the Alphabet, London, 1900: New York, 1907, 1912; another edition, 1938,
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