'Palmam qui meruit ferat.' [Qdmy H'rts], or, The Ancient Ones of the Earth. Being the History of the Primitive Alphabet, lately discovered by the Author

[Palaeography]. [SMITH, Daniel] S., D.

Published by T. Harwood (Fergusson and Moore, Printers), Melbourne, 1864

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Melbourne, T. Harwood (Fergusson and Moore, Printers), 1864. Octavo, xxiv, 118 pages with numerous in-text illustrations and a pictorial title-page plus a chromolithographic frontispiece and 10 numbered lithographs bound in at the rear (the third one is number 2A, the last three are folding). Original purple patterned cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, with the sides extensively decorated in blind; cloth lightly marked and flecked, discoloured around the edges, sunned on the spine, and lightly rubbed and bumped at the extremities; early ownership details (1876) in German; minimal signs of age and use; a very good copy. 'It is the object of the present work to direct the attention of those who feel interested in the question - "Which was the primitive alphabet of man?" - to a discovery made by the author in the year 1848. he perceived the striking similarity between some of the early Greek letters and the cuneiform characters as exhibited on the Assyrian marbles' (preface). The four-page list of subscribers accounts for 143 copies. Ferguson 15797.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 'Palmam qui meruit ferat.' [Qdmy H'rts], or, The Ancient Ones of the Earth. Being the History of the Primitive Alphabet, lately discovered by the Author
• Publisher: T. Harwood (Fergusson and Moore, Printers), Melbourne
• Publication Date: 1864
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Australia
  • Victoria