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Book/Printed Material A new book of cyphers

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Title

  • A new book of cyphers; more compleat and regular than any yet extant. Wherein the whole alphabet (twice over) consisting of 600 cyphers, is variously changed, inter-woven, and reversed ... The whole (with the English translated into French) engraven on 56 copper-plates.

Names

  • Parsons, William, 1658-1725?
  • Barker, B. (Benjamin), -1764, bookseller.
  • Harris, Elizabeth, active 1699-1711, bookseller.
  • Newborough, Thomas, bookseller.
  • Rogers, William, active 1678-1712, bookseller.
  • Rhodes, Henry, bookseller.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, Printed for the author, and sold by W. Rogers and H. Rhodes; E. Harris; T. Newborough; and B. Barker, 1704.

Headings

  • -  Ciphers--Early works to 1800
  • -  Monograms--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  Plates dated 1698-1703; half-title: 1703.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1735
  • -  English short title catalogue, T116152
  • -  LC copy: Provenance: Bookplate of Algernon Capell, Earl of Essex, on leaf i, in manuscript: Theodore Barrell, Boston, Massachusetts, 1 Sept. 1796.
  • -  LAC knj 2019-04-23 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC rwp 2019-05-01 review
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-03-31 update (1 card)

Medium

  • iv l., 52 plates. 21 x 26 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Z103 .P3

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 49030917

OCLC Number

  • 6756236

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

Additional Metadata Formats

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Chicago citation style:

Parsons, William, ?, B Barker, Elizabeth Harris, Thomas Newborough, William Rogers, Henry Rhodes, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. A new book of cyphers; more compleat and regular than any yet extant. Wherein the whole alphabet twice over consisting of 600 cyphers, is variously changed, inter-woven, and reversed ... The whole with the English translated into French engraven on 56 copper-plates. London, Printed for the author, and sold by W. Rogers and H. Rhodes; E. Harris; T. Newborough; and B. Barker, 1704. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/49030917/.

APA citation style:

Parsons, W., Barker, B., Harris, E., Newborough, T., Rogers, W., Rhodes, H. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1704) A new book of cyphers; more compleat and regular than any yet extant. Wherein the whole alphabet twice over consisting of 600 cyphers, is variously changed, inter-woven, and reversed ... The whole with the English translated into French engraven on 56 copper-plates. London, Printed for the author, and sold by W. Rogers and H. Rhodes; E. Harris; T. Newborough; and B. Barker. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/49030917/.

MLA citation style:

Parsons, William, ?, et al. A new book of cyphers; more compleat and regular than any yet extant. Wherein the whole alphabet twice over consisting of 600 cyphers, is variously changed, inter-woven, and reversed ... The whole with the English translated into French engraven on 56 copper-plates. London, Printed for the author, and sold by W. Rogers and H. Rhodes; E. Harris; T. Newborough; and B. Barker, 1704. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/49030917/>.