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Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Line engraving.
Reference: 17990i
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Ancient alphabets and hieroglyphic characters explained; with an account of the Egyptian priests, their classes, initiation, and sacrifices / in the Arabic language by Ahmad bin Abubekr bin Wahshih; and in English by Joseph Hammer.
Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, active 9th century.Date: 1806
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The French sign language alphabet with ornate border, above it, the Abbé C.M. de l'Epée and the Abbé Sicard. Lithograph.
Reference: 18015i
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Abbot de L'Epée, the founder of deaf and dumb education in France, above the French sign language alphabet. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 18013i- Books
Alphabets old and new : for the use of craftsmen, with an introductory essay on 'Art in the alphabet' / by Lewis F. Day.
Day, Lewis F. (Lewis Foreman), 1845-1910.Date: 1906