David Diringer

David Diringer (1900–1975) was a British linguist, palaeographer and writer. He was the author of several well-known books about writing systems.

Bibliography

• The Alphabet: A Key to the History of Mankind; ISBN 81-215-0748-0
• History of the Alphabet, 1977; ISBN 0-905418-12-3
• The Book Before Printing: Ancient, Medieval and Oriental. New York: Dover Publications. 1982. ISBN 0-486-24243-9. 
• The Alphabet, ISBN 0-09-067642-4
• The Illuminated Book; ISBN 0-571-08077-4
• The Story of the Aleph Beth, 1958
• The Hand-produced Book. New York: Philosophical Library, 1953.