The Story of Writing - Alphabets, Hieroglyphs & Pictograms

Author(s): Andrew Robinson

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Aims to demystify writing for the general reader. This book explains the interconnection between sound, symbol and script for each of the major writing systems in turn, and follows the discovery of writing forms from cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs to alphabets and the scripts of Japan today.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780500281567
  • : Thames & Hudson
  • : Thames & Hudson
  • : 0.78
  • : 01 January 2000
  • : 254mm X 192mm X 19mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Andrew Robinson
  • : Paperback
  • : very good
  • : 224
  • : 350 illustrations, 50 in colour