A History of Writing

A History of Writing From Hieroglyph to Multimedia

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Publisher's Synopsis

This volume is divided into three sections, non-alphabetic methods of writing, the history and spread of the alphabet, and also how the western alphabet has reincorporated imagery into writing in various hand-written and printed forms.

About the Publisher

Flammarion

Flammarion

Ernest Flammarion successfully launched his family publishing venture in 1875 with the Treaty of Popular Astronomy of his brother, the astronomer Camille Flammarion. The firm published ?mile Zola, Maupassant and Jules Renard as well as Hector Malot, Colette, and a wide list of medical, scientific, geographical, and historical works, including also the P?re Castor children's series.

Book information

ISBN: 9782080108876
Publisher: Rizzoli
Imprint: Flammarion
Pub date:
DEWEY: 411.09
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 408
Weight: 2488g
Height: 286mm
Width: 246mm
Spine width: 36mm

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