Cryptography: or, The history, principles, and practice of cipher-writing

by F. Edward Hulme

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200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1848

About the author

Frederick Edward Hulme

Reviews

[Mia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Onion juice & ash 4evah!
Grateful, again, to The Public Domain Review for pointing me toward books like this: https://publicdomainreview.org

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

The oldest book in my cryptobook collection (at time of typing, my 1st edition copy is 165 years old!). Contains simple ciphers with illustrations, all presented in Victorian diction.