| Item Description: | ".. by means of which any sort of writings, taken from either the French, English, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese or Italian languages .. can easily be rendered or converted into numerical figures." - Extracted from Wouves's planned work on steganography and made available to subscribers prior to publication of the whole. The work as a whole was never published. - Each sheet is imposed as a 4°. The tables were evidently intended to be kept folded but opened for use "just as it is wont to do for the use of a geographical map." - "192d Pennsylvania District copyright, issued to P.R. Wouves, as author, 9 November, 1787"--Evans. - English Short Title Catalog, W9. - Evans, 33249. - Imprint from the French title page on verso of sheet. - Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library |
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