The universal character, by which all the nations in the world may understand one anothers conceptions, reading out of one common writing their own mother tongues. An invention of general use, the practice whereof may be attained in two hours space, observing the grammatical directions. Which character is so contrived, that it may be spoken as well as written. / By Cave Beck, M.A.
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dc.contributor.author | Beck, Cave, 1623-1706? |
dc.contributor.author | Netherlands. Emancipatiekommissie. |
dc.coverage.placeName | London |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-30 |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-22T15:09:10Z |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-22T15:09:10Z |
dc.date.created | 1657 |
dc.date.issued | 2013-12 |
dc.identifier | ota:A76308 |
dc.identifier.citation | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/A76308 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12024/A76308 |
dc.description.abstract | A system of communication based on arabic numerals and a few letters. With added engraved t.p.: "The univercall caracter ... Sold by J: Rothwell att ye Fountaine in Cheapside.". Signatures: A-M. The first leaf bears "The mind of the frontispiece", signed E.K. With a final advertisement leaf. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aprill: 20". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
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dc.language | English |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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dc.subject.lcsh | Language, Universal -- Early works to 1800. |
dc.subject.lcsh | Language, Universal -- Alphabet -- Early works to 1800. |
dc.title | The universal character, by which all the nations in the world may understand one anothers conceptions, reading out of one common writing their own mother tongues. An invention of general use, the practice whereof may be attained in two hours space, observing the grammatical directions. Which character is so contrived, that it may be spoken as well as written. / By Cave Beck, M.A. |
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identifier.stc | Wing B1647 |
identifier.stc | Thomason E1591_1 |
identifier.stc | ESTC R11215 |
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