THE ALPHABET ABECEDARIUM

Firmage, Richard A.

ISBN 10: 0879239980 / ISBN 13: 9780879239985

Published by David R. Godine, Publisher, Boston, MA, 1993

About this Item

Book is in NF condition with owner's ink stamp to inner cover, trace edge wear noted else a bright and solid copy. W.04; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 001897

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE ALPHABET ABECEDARIUM
• Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher, Boston, MA
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879239980
• ISBN 13: 9780879239985
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Paperback Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Graphic Art & Design

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Synopsis

Drawing from mythology, cosmology, history, the Bible, literature, and esoteric and conventional sources, this book takes the reader on a tour of each of the twenty-six letters that comprise one of civilization's greatest inventions, the Roman alphabet. In chapters that are descriptive, illustrative, and diverse, we are shown the history and development of every letter, how its shape evolved, how its characteristics were encoded, and how its history, attributes, and meanings were reflected in myth, literature, science, and religion.