Mercury, or, The secret and swift messenger [electronic resource] : shewing how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance ; together with, An abstract of Dr. Wilkins's essays towards a real character and a philosophical language / John Wilkins ; with an introductory essay by Brigitte Asbach-Schnitker.

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Series: Foundations of semiotics ; v. 6.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1984.Description: cix, viii, 184 p. : illISBN:

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Originally published in 1707.

"Reprinted from the third edition: The mathematical and philosophical works of the Right Reverend John Wilkins (1708)."

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