Blindness.- Moon (William) A Simplified System of Embossed Reading for the use of the Blind. [Gospel according to John], 2 vol., the odd short tear and small surface mark, occasional soiling to margins, some light browning, bookplate, contemporary half cloth, paper labels to spine (a little chipped), covers a little marked, some rubbing to extremities, folio, Sussex, ?1858.
⁂ At the end of vol.2 appears '1904', but it is uncertain what this refers to.
Moon (1818-1894) became completely blind by the age of 21. He taught boys how to read using the existing embossed reading codes. He soon realised that these were difficult to learn, and so devised a new system based on a simplified Latin alphabet. His 'Moon type' was first published in 1845. It was subsequently replaced in popularity by Braille, but it is still important for people who have difficulty reading Braille.
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