An interesting Autograph Letter Signed, to the Reverend Dr. A Clarke, sending a faithful transcript of the inscription I shewed you this morning, discussing Ancient Egyptian, Chaldean and Syrian scripts, deciphering hieroglyphics, the Rosetta Stone, and related matters
by LAKE WILLIAMS, John Frederick
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23 Duke Street, British Museum, 27 April 1816. 2 pp. with address panel, 1 page inscription transcript, 10 x 8 inches, generally in good condition, a few blemishes. J.F. Lake Williams, author of An Historical Account of Inventions and Discoveries, 2 vols., 1820. Probably Adam Clarke (1762-1832), Wesleyan preacher, commentator and theological writer.
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- An interesting Autograph Letter Signed, to the Reverend Dr. A Clarke, sending “ a faithful transcript of the inscription I shewed you this morning”, discussing Ancient Egyptian, Chaldean and Syrian scripts, deciphering hieroglyphics, the Rosetta Stone, and related matters
- Author
- LAKE WILLIAMS, John Frederick
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- 23 Duke Street, British Museum, 27 April 1816
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