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HOLDER, WILLIAM. Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into The Natural Production of Letters: with an Appendix Concerning Persons Deaf & Dumb. [8], 168 pages, including initial license leaf. Printed on heavy paper. 8vo, 175x111 mm, modern 1/4 calf, spine faded; occasional toning, blank upper outer corner off initial leaf, repaired paper crack across blank upper margin of K5, light dampstain in outer corner of last 2 leaves. Early stamp of the Royal Society ("Soc. Reg. Lond. ex dono auctoris") on title verso. London: T. N. for J. Martyn, 1669
first edition of an early work on phonetics and speech production, with an appendix describing the method used by Holder to teach the deaf child Alexander Popham to speak. Holder's claim of success became the subject of a feud with the mathematician John Wallis over priority for the achievement. Garrison-Morton 3349; Krivatsy 5935; Norman 1087.
