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HUMBOLDT, Wilhelm von. Prüfung der Untersuchungen über die U…
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137
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HUMBOLDT, Wilhelm von. Prüfung der Untersuchungen über die U…
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
HUMBOLDT, Wilhelm von.
Prüfung der Untersuchungen über die Urbewohner Hispaniens vermittelst der vaskischen Sprache.
Berlin, Ferdinand Dümmler, 1821.
In-4, VIII-192 pp. Later havana half-percaline, smooth spine, gilt title, marbled edges (rubbing at the edges, foxing).
First edition of Humboldt's only linguistic monograph, printed in 1821 as the conclusion of his unfinished Basque studies.
An important, highly rigorous study of the Basque language, used as a tool or key to analysing and understanding the origins of the first inhabitants of the Iberian peninsula.
Provenance: Carl Pauli (1834-1901), German linguist (manuscript dated "Lugano 1894"); Bibliothèque de la Faculté de Théologie, Les Fontaines, Chantilly.
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