Single and double hand alphabet
by Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
American Sign LanguageDeafMeans of communicationEducationNew-York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb
Illustrates two manual alphabets for the deaf and the deaf-blind; has prominent illustration of the "new Institution for the Deaf and the Dumb ... situated on the east side of the Hudson River, about nine miles from the City Hall, N.Y." as well as portraits and brief biographic information on the Abbe de L'Epee, and Laura Bridgeman [sic]; has instructional texts.
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Book data: Open Library