The Story of Writing

The Story of Writing

Hardback (02 Oct 1995)

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Publisher's Synopsis

In this book the author explains the interconnection between sound, symbol and script for each of the major writing systems in turn, & follows the trail of discovery and decipherment from Egyptian hieroglyphs to the scripts of China and Japan today.

Book information

ISBN: 9780500016657
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Pub date:
DEWEY: 302.2244
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 224
Weight: 1000g
Height: 254mm
Width: 192mm
Spine width: 23mm