Essai synthétique sur l'origine et la formation des langues

COPINEAU, L'Abbé

Published by Ruault, Paris, 1774

About this Item

First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 464, [4]; original red paper-covered boards, spine rubbed and with old manuscript label; small tide mark enters at the top margin for the last 50pp., but in all a good, sound copy. An essay submitted for a competition established by the French Academy on the question of the origin of language, an award won by Herder's Abhandlung über den Ursprungder Sprache (1772). Copineau, who was one of thirty other contestants was one of only four to have their essays published in the wake of the competition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Essai synthétique sur l'origine et la formation des langues
• Publisher: Ruault, Paris
• Publication Date: 1774
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language
  • Grammar