Published by 19th Century. Bookplate of Anthony Wood.
Seller: R.G. Watkins Books and Prints, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
US$ 692.15
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very good. 25 leaves, all written in a clear, neat style, on sheets with colour printed decorative borders, before each such sheet is a leaf with the name of the language in Italian, written within a decorative printed vignette. Large folio (35.5 x 25.4 cm) later full dark green morocco, spine with raised bands decorated in compartments with single rule in gilt, covers with single rule border in gilt, Sangorski Sutcliffe stamp on gilt turndown, a.e.g., The languages include Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Chaldean, Cingalese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Gaelic, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Latin, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, and Turkish. There are two leaves of script for Italian and Literary Greek. An unusual manuscript recording the scripts of diverse languages.