Dissertation on the Gipseys: Representing Their Manner of Life, Family Economy, Occupations and Trades, Marriages and Education, Sickness, Death, and ... and Arts, &C. &C. &C (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover
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The following Dissertation has already ap peared in an English dress, having been; some years since, translated by the late m.raper, Esq. F. Rs. And A. S. For the pur pose, as he states in his preface, of affording such of his countrymen as were unacquainted with the German language an opportunity of learning from What part of the world it is probable the Gipseys came among us. The original work, and Mr. Raper's translation, are burthened with many notes-greek, Latin, French, German, English - shewing the sources whence the information was derived, most of which, for obvious reasons, are omitted in the present edition such' only being retained as were thought indispensable, or particularly interesting. July, 1807.
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