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Author Thomas Astle British
Illustrator Benjamin Thomas Pouncy British
Dedicatee George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland British
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Title: The Origin and Progress of Writing
Author:
Thomas Astle (British, 1735–1803)
Illustrator:
Benjamin Thomas Pouncy (British, Lambeth ca. 1750–1799 Lambeth)
Dedicatee:
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland (British, London 1738–1820 Windsor)
Published in: London
Date: 1784
Medium: Illustrations: engraving, some hand colored
Dimensions: 11 13/16 x 9 7/16 x 1 3/8 in. (30 x 24 x 3.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Accession Number: 41.100.202
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