Origin Language Edited Preface Ernst by Bleek (2 results)

0. privat zusammen in Halbleinwand gebunden, Rücken und Kanten berieben, Block wasserrandig, 0.500 kg privat zusammen in Halbleinwand gebunden, Rücken und Kanten berieben, Block wasserrandig.

8vo, pp. xxix, [4], 34-69, [1]; translator's note tipped in after p. 69; original printed tan wrappers, spine cracked, dampstain pervades most of the textblock at the bottom margin; all else very good. Wilhelm Bleek (1827-1875) was a German linguist who spent much time working on languages of Africa, editing vocabularies of east African languages, and helping to compile a Zulu grammar. His major opus was his Comparative Grammar of South African Languages (London 1862-69). Haeckel, who wrote the lengthy preface, was Bleek's cousin.…