--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "suzmccarth" <suzmccarth@...> wrote:

> --- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@...>
> wrote:
>
> > Can you tell me anything about the Henry Smith Williams *History
> of the
> > Art of Writing* you mentioned last week? I've discovered that it's
> four
> > boxes of plates, either 50 per box, or "203 [i.e. 228] plates,"
> which I
> > am stumped by;

Apparently it is at the UBC library listed as the following.

Manuscripts, inscriptions and muniments, oriental, classical, medieval
and modern, described, classified and arranged, comprehending the
history of the art of writing, by Henry Smith Williams, M.D. With more
than two hundred facsimile reproductions in tone and color from the
important languages of every age ...

Description: 4 v. ill.
Notes: Issued in portfolios.
Contents: portfolio 1. Oriental series, including Egyptian and
Assyrian, and the story of the decipherment of these long-forgotten
languages; the other scripts of Asia; and the ancient Mexican writing
of America.
portfolio 2. Classical series, including the story of the probable
origin and the development of the Greek and Latin scripts.
portfolio 3. Medieval series, including illuminated books, Bible
manuscripts, and historical documents.
portfolio 4. Illuminated manuscripts of the Orient, and autograph
writings of modern times.


Suzanne