WALL, CHARLES WILLIAM. An examination of the ancient orthography of the Jews, and of the original state of the text of the Hebrew Bible. Part the second, On the propagation of alphabets and other phonetic systems throughout Eastern Asia; and on the vast inferiority of ideagraph
An examination of the ancient orthography of the Jews, and of the original state of the text of the Hebrew Bible. Part the second, On the propagation of alphabets and other phonetic systems throughout Eastern Asia; and on the vast inferiority of ideagraphic writing, as displayed in its effects upon human learning. Vol. III.
London, Whittaker and co., 1841 Modern cloth., or.backcover mounted. IX, 467 pp. and 5 plates (numbered Plate V-IX). Two pages contain some annotations in pencil of two previous owners. Some small pencil marks in the margin throughout. Some brownings throughout, otherwise in reasonable condition. First edition. Vol. III only.
* This is the third (and last) volume of Wall's work on Ancient Orthography, published as a continuation of Part II and deals with the orthography of the Chinese and Japanese alphabets. Contents: Chapter IX (On the Nature, Age and Origin of the Phonetic Portion of the Chinese Writing, ending with Chapter XIV (On the Syllabic Writing of the Japanese, and the Fictitious Nature of their Ancient History.
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