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Cryptomenysis Patefacta
Non-fiction book written in 1685 by John Falconer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cryptomenysis Patefacta, or Art of Secret Information Disclosed Without a Key is a 1685 non-fiction book written by John Falconer,[1] it was only the second text written in English on the topic of cryptography.[2] In 1693 it was republished as Rules for Explaining and Deciphering All Manner of Secret Writing.[3]
The book serves as a guide to various cyphers, including Egyptian hieroglyphs and fingerspelling.[4]
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