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Pantographia; containing accurate copies of all the known alphabets in the world; together with an English explanation of the peculiar force or power of each letter: to which are added, specimens of all well-authenticated oral languages; forming a comprehensive digest of phonology
London: Printed by Cooper and Wilson, for John and Arthur Arch, Gracechurch-Street; John White, Fleet-Street; John Edwards, Pall-Mall; and John Debrett, Piccadilly, 1799
Physical Description: [4], xxxvi, 320 p. ; 25 cm (8vo)
Call number: D799 .F946p
Accession number: 14-134
Notes: Includes a small sample of vocabulary in the Atooi language [as spoken in the Sandwich, or Hawiian Islands], a small sample of vocabulary in the Eskimaux language, a small sample of vocabulary in the Greenlandic language, the Lord's Prayer in the "Mexican" language [an unidentified "Mexican" language taken from the Oratio Dominica, Amsterdam, 1713 edition], Mohawk language, a sample of vocabulary in the language of the Nootka Sound, a small sample of vocabulary in the language of Oonalashka, and the Lord's Prayer in the Savanna language [as spoken in Georgia]. A prospectus for this work was published in 1798 with the title: 'Prospectus of a new work, entitled Pantographia; By Edmund Fry'.
Digital facsimile copy of book available.
Languages: Kalâtdlisut / Mohawk / Eskimo / Nootka / Inuit
Genre: Vocabularies
Region: Spanish America
