Press Notices of the Original Edition
“The book is a typographical feat.”—Daily News. ** “This unique book, which is superbly printed, will be a grand addition to the library of a collector of literary curiosities.”—City Press. ** “The extraordinary resources of Messrs. Gilbert and Rivington’s collection of Oriental type have enabled them to produce what is almost a unique triumph of typography.”—Bookseller. ** “A beautiful specimen of modern typography, and does infinite credit to the printing staff of its well-known publishers.”—Dublin Evening Mail. ** “Is certainly worth buying as a literary curiosity. To students of philology or lovers of the curious the book will be almost equally interesting—one of the triumphs of modern typography.”—Dundee Advertiser. ** “This beautifully printed book may be described as a museum of the chief languages and dialects of the world … is of the highest interest for all students of the science of language, that even those who do not pretend to be great linguists cannot fail to find a pleasure in comparing together this immense variety of human speech. The large number of the Oriental alphabets employed in the production of the work shows in a very striking way the exceptional resources of Messrs. Gilbert and Rivington’s printing establishment.”—Catholic Times. ** “The enterprising publishers of this book can fearlessly challenge the world to rival them in variety of type for sublunary printing.”—Overland Mail.
