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Ceffis Moisé, Invenzione di cifre di me, undated

 Item — Box: Oversize MS Box A, Folder: 1
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Photocopy of autograph manuscript from microfilm, unbound. Original held in Fabayan Collection, Library of Congress. Ciphers developed by an Italian captain for secret communication between princes and potentates. Includes keys to ciphers. Brief text in Italian translated into English and typed out opposite text.

Alphabet-Manual Allemand-Francais, undated

 Item — Box: Oversize MS Box A, Folder: 2
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1 page. Published in Strasbourg. Lithograph by E. Simon.

Alphabet-Manuel Anglais, undated

 Item — Box: Oversize MS Box A, Folder: 2
Description

1 page. Published in Strasbourg. Lithograph by E. Simon.

Alphabet zur Hand, undated

 Item — Box: Oversize MS Box A, Folder: 2
Description

1 page. Includes explanation of chart.

Az egyes betük kézi j ejelése, undated

 Item — Box: Oversize MS Box A, Folder: 2

Louis Du Vignan de Lissandre, Lettres muettes ou la maniere de faire l’amour en Turquie sans scavoir [sic] ny lire ny escrire, 1679

 Item — Box: Oversize MS Box A, Folder: 2
Description 62 pages. Bound autograph manuscript. Published in Constantinople. Text and tables describing language system for the mute. May be related to the work by Du Vignan listed on p. 4 of Part II of David Shulman, An Annotated Bibliography of Cryptography (New York: Garland Publishing, 1976). These broadsheets were probably used as instruction guides in 19th century European schools for the deaf and mute. They include guides for use in English, French, German,...