Skinner, John (1772-1839)
- Date:
- 1830?
- Manuscripts
About this work
Description
Analysis of language, and the symbols of the worship of the Sun. Author's holograph MS. Profusely illustrated with pen- and wash-drawings of Egyptian and other antiquities, etc.
Publication/Creation
1830?
Physical description
2 volumes
2 volumes 4to. 25 ? 181/2 cm. Original calf binding. Margins slightly cropped. Both volumes are inter-leaved. The work is incomplete.
2 volumes 4to. 25 ? 181/2 cm. Original calf binding. Margins slightly cropped. Both volumes are inter-leaved. The work is incomplete.
Biographical note
The author was Rector of Camerton, Somerset, and committed suicide in 1839. The D.N.B. refers to this MS., when it speaks of his 'work on the origin and analysis of language, which was not published.'
Creator/production credits
Skinner, John, 1772-1839
Language note
In English.