Excerpt from Oriental Penmanship: Specimens of Persian Handwriting, Illustrated With Facsimilies From Originals in the South Kensington Museum The 'plates for the greater part of the Persian portion of this book were prepared under Professor Palmer's own eye; he superintended the engraving personally, making several experiments, in order to ensure accuracy and beauty, and finally approved of them'as they now appear. Some addi tional illustrations have been added, by way of exercises; and an explanation of the raqam, or ...
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Excerpt from Oriental Penmanship: Specimens of Persian Handwriting, Illustrated With Facsimilies From Originals in the South Kensington Museum The 'plates for the greater part of the Persian portion of this book were prepared under Professor Palmer's own eye; he superintended the engraving personally, making several experiments, in order to ensure accuracy and beauty, and finally approved of them'as they now appear. Some addi tional illustrations have been added, by way of exercises; and an explanation of the raqam, or method of noting numbers, has been given, in view of its great utility to all officials and people having business relations with the East. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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