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Subject Terms Autographs -- Facsimiles.

1. The origin and progress of the art of writing : a connected narrative of the development of the art, its primeval phases in Egypt, China, Mexico, etc ; its middle state in the cuneatic systems of Nineveh and Persepolis, to its introduction to Europe through the medium of the Hebrew, Phœnician, and Greek systems, and its subsequent progress to the present day / by Henry Noel Humphreys, author of the "Illuminated books of the Middle Ages," "The art of illumination," "Ancient coins and medals," etc. ; illustrated by a number of specimens of the writing of all ages, and a series of facsimiles from autograph letters from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century.

The origin and progress of the art of writing : a connected narrative of the development of the art, its primeval phases in Egypt, China, Mexico, etc ; its middle state in the cuneatic systems of Nineveh and Persepolis, to its introduction to Europe through the medium of the Hebrew, Phœnician, and Greek systems, and its subsequent progress to the present day / by Henry Noel Humphreys, author of the "Illuminated books of the Middle Ages," "The art of illumination," "Ancient coins and medals," etc. ; illustrated by a number of specimens of the writing of all ages, and a series of facsimiles from autograph letters from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century.

Creator:: Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810–1879
Date:: MDCCCLIII [1853]
Physical Description:: viii, 176 pages, xxviii leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Universal classic manuscripts : fac-similes from originals in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum, of royal, historic and diplomatic documents, letters and autographs of kings, queens, princes, statesmen, generals, authors, etc. / with descriptions, editorial notes, references and translations by George F. Warner ... ; special introduction by S. M. Hamilton ...

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Date:: [19--]
Physical Description:: [155] p. : 75 facsims. ; 45 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Historical and literary curiosities : consisting of fac-similes of original documents, scenes of remarkable events and interesting localities and the birth-places, residences, portraits, and monuments of eminent literary characters, with a variety of reliques and antiquities connected with the same subjects / selected and engraved by Charles John Smith.

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Creator:: Smith, Charles John, 1803–1838
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: [151] leaves (some folded) : ill., facsims. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The autograph souvenir, a collection of autograph letters, interesting documents, &c, executed in facsimile, by Frederick George Netherclift, with transcriptions & occasional translations, by Richard Sims ...

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Creator:: Sims, Richard, 1816–1898
Date:: [1863-65]
Physical Description:: 2 p. l., 74 l. 89 pl. (facsims.) 33 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts