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{{Short description|Book1987 book by Georges Jean, from “Abrams Discoveries” series}}

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'''''Writing: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts''''' ({{lang-langx|fr|'''L'écriture, mémoire des hommes'''|translation=Writing: Memory of Humans}}) is a 1987 [[Livre d'art|illustrated]] [[monograph]] on the [[history of the alphabet]] and [[History of writing|writing]]. Written by French linguist [[Georges Jean]], and published by [[Éditions Gallimard]] as the 24th volume in their "[[Découvertes Gallimard|Découvertes]]" collection. The book is one of the five bestsellers in the collection, together with ''[[The Search for Ancient Egypt]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gallimard.fr/Divers/Plus-sur-la-collection/Decouvertes-Gallimard/(sourcenode)/116085 |title=Collection Découvertes Gallimard — Informations commerciales |language=fr |date=2016 |website=gallimard.fr |accessdate=20 November 2021}}</ref>

== Synopsis ==

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[[Category:1987 non-fiction books]]

[[Category:LinguisticsHistorical linguistics books]]

[[Category:Archaeology books]]

[[Category:Découvertes Gallimard]]