Description
A lengthy Autograph Letter Signed ‘R.P.Greg’, discussing ancient languages, enquiring about books on Chinese languages and roots, referring to different alphabet forms, languages crossing the Pacific, racial differences, Eskimos and Egyptians, the representation of the Cross in Schliemann’s Troy, etc. 6 pp. 7 x 4 inches, in good condition, one ragged edge, legible. Coles, Buntingford, 10 May 1875. Robert Philips Greg (1826-1906), mineralogist, and the author of Comparative philology of the old and new worlds in relation to archaic speech. Accompanied by copious vocabularies, etc. [1893].