History of letter-writing : from the earliest period to the fifth century ...

History of letter-writing : from the earliest period to the fifth century ...

London : W. Pickering, 1843.

xxi, [1], 700 p. ; 22 cm

Origin and primitive history of letter-writing
Of the mechanism and materials of letter-writing
Of pens, pencils and ink
Of the forms of ancient letters
Conveyance by posts
Letters attributed to Phalaris
Pythagorean correspondence
Spurious Greek epistles
Genuine heathen Greek epistles
Early letter-writing among the Romans
Letters to Cicero from his friends
Letters of Cicero to his friends
Letters of Augustus Caesar
Letters of Seneca
Letters of the younger Pliny
Letter-writing from the time of Pliny to the time of Philostratus
Letter-writing from the time of Philostratus to the time of Libanius
Letter-writing from the time of Libanius to the time of Sidonius Apollinaris.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

PA3042 .R6