£400
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 605
Auction: 17 June 2020 at 11:00 BST
[S.l., n.d., but between 1845 and 1890] Oblong folio, original quarter cloth over boards, spine label lacking, comprising 95 leaves with the final leaf lacking
Note: William Moon was born in Kent in 1818 and suffered from scarlet fever as a child and, as a result of this, had completely lost his sight by the age of 22. As a teacher, Moon understood how difficult the process of learning to read from embossed type was, and devised a simpler writing system: Moon Type. This became the most popular method of reading and writing for people who were blind until Braille overtook Moon Type in popularity.