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An essay upon literature: or, an enquiry into the antiquity and original of letters; proving that the two tables, written by the finger of God in Mount Sinai, was the first writing in the world; and that all other alphabets derive from the Hebrew

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1726.
Call number: 121841
Creator: Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (8vo)
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