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Conjectural Observations on the Origin and Progress of Alphabetic Writing (1772), by Charles Davy (publicdomainreview.org)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/45444769

The Public Domain Review's article about it, with embedded Internet Archive viewer of the book

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Founded in 2011, The Public Domain Review is an online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

You're welcome :)

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