--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, Michael Everson
<everson@...> wrote:

>
> Massey, Thomas. 1763. The origin and progress of letters. An

essay,

> in two parts. The First shewing when, and by whom Letters

were

> invented; the Formation of the Alphabets of various Nations;

their

> Manner of Writing, on what Materials, and with what

Instruments Men

> have written in different Ages to the present Time.

That is very neat. Would you ever post some of the images on
the internet?

I was given The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern
World by George Rawlinson (brother of Henry) in three volumes.
2nd edition. 1870. I don't know much about this area.

Suzanne