Essai synthétique sur l'origine et la formation des langues

by L'Abbé Copineau

$375 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

Paris: Ruault, 1774. 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. The British Museum catalogue identifies this as an examination of the first part of the grammar of M.Beauzee, although the advertisement suggests it was an essay submitted for a contest at the Berlin Academy that deals with

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