An Essay Towards an Investigation of the Origin and Elements of Language and Letters, 1772 (English Linguistics, 1500-1800: a Collection of Facsimile Reprints)
by L. D Nelme
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0854178694
- ISBN 13
- 9780854178698
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E-89: Scolar Press. Very Good. 1972. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. The Scolar Press Limited. 1972. 134 pgs. Facsimile Edition. Bound in cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (boards lightly bumped and worn to the extremities). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Lemuel Dole Nelme (born c1718 died 1786) was an English craftsman, now remembered for wide-reaching theories on language. Nelme was the author of An essay towards an investigation of the origin and elements of language (1772) , a speculative book on the origin of languages, and alphabet symbolism. Nelme was interested in Anglo-Saxon as proto-language, and compiled (or suggested the compilation of) an Anglo-Saxon dictionary. He is said to have deferred later to the theory of Rowland Jones on Celtic as proto-language. Johanna Drucker attributes to Clement of Alexandria's Stromateis some of his symbolic theory, outlines his version of Biblical history and the 'ol' ("all") key to symbols, and reproduces some of his illustrations. E-89; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Last Exit Books (US)
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- 50038
- Title
- An Essay Towards an Investigation of the Origin and Elements of Language and Letters, 1772 (English Linguistics, 1500-1800: a Collection of Facsimile Reprints)
- Author
- L. D Nelme
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0854178694
- ISBN 13
- 9780854178698
- Publisher
- Scolar Press
- Place of Publication
- E-89
- Date Published
- 1972
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