Ueber den geist der Polnischen sprache. Eine einleitung in die Polnische literar-geschichte sur Deutsche
by KAULFUSS, J[ohann] S[amuel]
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About This Item
Halle: Bey Schimmelpfennig und Comp., 1804. 227pp, [1]. With two folding plates of musical notation. Original publisher's tan paper wrappers, paper lettering-piece with title in manuscript. Slight wear to extremities with some loss to head and foot of spine. Ink shelf-marks to FEP of Sir Thomas Phillipps' Middle Hill Library, lightly foxed throughout. A introduction to the Polish literary tradition by German classical scholar, Johann Samuel Kaulfuss (1780-1832). Written whilst Kaulfuss held a teaching position at St. Mary Magdalen School in Poznan, the work turns against the reductive German attitude towards Poland, and praises the richness, lexical and grammatical plasticity, harmony and musical elements of the Polish language. . First edition. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ13461
- Title
- Ueber den geist der Polnischen sprache. Eine einleitung in die Polnische literar-geschichte sur Deutsche
- Author
- KAULFUSS, J[ohann] S[amuel]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Bey Schimmelpfennig und Comp.
- Place of Publication
- Halle
- Date Published
- 1804
- Keywords
- Language
- Size
- 8vo
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...