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"A central theme in the author's account of this story is the vital link between the materials used for writing and the way writing developed. Over and over again he shows how the shape of particular alphabets grew out of the controlling material or tool - the clay tablets of Sumerians, the papyrus and reed pen of the Egyptians, the stone-carving of the Romans - and how these almost haphazard circumstances became turning points in the story of writing up to our own times. By actually using these materials we can ourselves physically feel the history of writing with our own hands; and precise and accurate instructions are given throughout the book, illustrated with step-by-step drawings, on such processes as making papyrus, cutting a reed pen, curing and using quills, and making illuminated letters in the medieval style."--Book jacket flap.… (more)
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Includes bibliographical references (page 9) and index.
Dust jacket in fine condition, enclosed in Mylar. Shelf wear to bottom edge of boards.
Signed by author on front pastedown, calligraphic flourish on first free endpaper, inscription ("To my old friend / Ed Karr") on half-title page.