A Handbook of Asian Scripts.

Hosking (R.F.) & G.M. Meredith-Owens.

Published by 8vo, viii, 71 pages, colour frontispiece, 19 plates, diagrams, 25 cm, London: British Museum, 1966.

About this Item

Grey wrappers, titled in black, decorated in red. A fine copy. Published to accompany an exhibition held at the British Museum, July-Aug. 1966. I: Introduction; II: The Semitic alphabet; 1. Palaeo-Hebrew and Samaritan; 2. The Aramaic scriopt and its earlier derivatives; 3. Central Asian scripts developed from the Aramaic; 4. Arabic. 5. South-Semitic scripts III Scripts adapted from the Greek alphabet: 1. Coptic; 2. Armenian and Georgian; IV: The Indian scripts: 1. North Indian, 2. South Indian. V: Scripts of South-east Asia. 1. Mainland South-east Asia -- 2. Island South-east Asia . 3. Invented scripts of South-east Asia VI: The Chinese system of writing. 1. Writing and language , 2. Forms of the Chinese script, 3. Korean and Tangut, 4. Japanese.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Handbook of Asian Scripts.
• Publisher: 8vo, viii, 71 pages, colour frontispiece, 19 plates, diagrams, 25 cm, London: British Museum, 1966.
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Weight: 0.5 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Palaeography