A treatise on the study of antiquities as the commentary to historical learning, sketching out a general line of research, also marking and explaining some of the desiderata. With an appendix. N I. On the elements of speach. N II. On the origin of written language, picture, hieroglyphic, and elementary-writing. N III. On the ships of the ancients. N IV. On the chariots of the ancients
Thomas Pownall's 1782 treatise on antiquarian method, printed in London by J. Dodsley for scholars and members of the Society of Antiquaries, with appendices on alphabets, hieroglyphic and picture writing, ancient ships and chariots. Engraved plates show harnessed horses in outline, lettered diagrams keyed to captions, runic and alphabetic marks in an oval, the Society's seal, and marbled endpapers.
