Wilkins (John) An Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language, 2 parts in 1, first edition, imprimatur leaf, title with engraved armorial, two full-page engraved plates, engraved illustrations, two folding tables, slightly browned, occasional light spotting, armorial bookplate of Beilby Thompson of Escrick, contemporary calf, rebacked with the original spine laid down, corners bumped, [Wing W2196; Alston VII 290, noting that copies vary as to plates and tables], folio, John Martin Printer to the Royal Society, 1668. ⁂ The first full exposition of universal language in English by the renowned mathematician and astronomer John Wilkins (1616-72), first Secretary of the Royal Society. This, his most important work, was prepared with the assistance of John Ray & Francis Willughby. It contains sections on the origin of languages and letters, the theory of grammar and phonetics and their relation to universal language, and the proposed alphabet for Wilkins's devised universal language." Beilby Thompson (1742-99), landowner and politician.
Wilkins (John) An Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language, 2 parts in 1, first edition, imprimatur leaf, title with engraved armorial, two full-page engraved plates, engraved illustrations, two folding tables, slightly browned, occasional light spotting, armorial bookplate of Beilby Thompson of Escrick, contemporary calf, rebacked with the original spine laid down, corners bumped, [Wing W2196; Alston VII 290, noting that copies vary as to plates and tables], folio, John Martin Printer to the Royal Society, 1668. ⁂ The first full exposition of universal language in English by the renowned mathematician and astronomer John Wilkins (1616-72), first Secretary of the Royal Society. This, his most important work, was prepared with the assistance of John Ray & Francis Willughby. It contains sections on the origin of languages and letters, the theory of grammar and phonetics and their relation to universal language, and the proposed alphabet for Wilkins's devised universal language." Beilby Thompson (1742-99), landowner and politician.
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