Writing: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts

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About “Writing: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts”

Writing: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts is a 1987 illustrated monograph on the history of the alphabet and writing, written by French linguist Georges Jean and published by Éditions Gallimard as the 24th volume in their "Découvertes" collection. It is one of five bestsellers in the collection, alongside The Search for Ancient Egypt. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)

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First published
1987