Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache

by Jacob Grimm

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Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1853. Second edition, 8vo, 2 vols. in 1, pp. xvi, 726 continuous pagination ; contemporary calf-backed pebble-grained cloth covered boards, cracked joints, rubbing; else very good. This work by Grimm is considered to be the boldest and most far-reaching...the linguistic element is most distinctly brought forward. The subject of the book is...the history which lies hidden in the words of the German language--the oldest national history of

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