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The elements of letters : derived from the most simple and essential forms whereof all men in all ages ever had, and cannot but have, precisely the same ideas. : Those essential forms are two, viz: the line [vertical line] the symbol of extent or altitude; and the circle O the symbol of the boundary of sight or horizon, which symbols appear to have been received by all nations as the radix of letters, which are symbols of locality

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [between 1790 and 1818?]
Call number: 440872
Creator: Ashby, Harry (1744-1818)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 37 x 28 cm (folio)
Associated people: Ashby, Harry, (1744-1818,); O'Conor, Charles, (1764-1828,)
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