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(PHONOGRAPHY). [EMERSON, WILLIAM B.]. A Report Upon Phonotypy. From the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Cambridge, [Mass.]: Metcalf and Company, 1847. 1st ed. 8vo. 16 pp. Sewn & uncut, as issued. Some soiling & small ex-libris. $75.00
Issued by the Academy at the height of enthusiasm for the educational virtues of phonography, the art of writing according to sound. Phonotypy is the art of printing according to sound.