Tabulam hanc a se restauratam, et Supplementis quibusdam egregiis humanissime sibi subministratis auctam, Musei Britannici Curatoribus, Muneris et Observantiae suae quasi Primitias, D.D.D. Carolus Morton M.D. Soc. Reg. Lond. a Secretis. Col. Med. etc. AD1759.
Eduardi Bernardi S.T.P. et Astronomiae apud Oxonienses Professoris Saviliani, Orbis eruditi Literatura a Charactere Samaritico deducta, & A.D. 1689. ab ipso edit. J. Gibson Sculp.
[1759.]
Engraved table, 410 x 580mm. 16 x 22¾". Some soiling/staining. Some of inscription missing, marginal tears and tear to either end of centrefold.
A chart deciphering the alphabets of various languages and civilisations, based on the observations of Edward Bernard (1638 - 1696). Published by Charles Morton (1716 - 1799), principal librarian of the British Museum, in an improved edition of Bernard's ‘Engraved Table of Alphabets'.
[Ref: 9530] £280.00
[1759.]
Engraved table, 410 x 580mm. 16 x 22¾". Some soiling/staining. Some of inscription missing, marginal tears and tear to either end of centrefold.
A chart deciphering the alphabets of various languages and civilisations, based on the observations of Edward Bernard (1638 - 1696). Published by Charles Morton (1716 - 1799), principal librarian of the British Museum, in an improved edition of Bernard's ‘Engraved Table of Alphabets'.
[Ref: 9530] £280.00