HUMBOLDT, Wilhelm von. - Lot 137

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HUMBOLDT, Wilhelm von. - Lot 137
HUMBOLDT, Wilhelm von. Prüfung der Untersuchungen über die Urbewohner Hispaniens vermittelst der vaskischen Sprache. Berlin, Ferdinand Dümmler, 1821. In-4, VIII-192 pp. Later tan half-percaline, smooth spine, gilt title, marbled edges (rubbing to edges, foxing). First edition of Humboldt's only linguistic monograph, printed in 1821 as a conclusion to his unfinished Basque studies. An important, highly rigorous study of the Basque language, used as a tool or key to analyze and understand the origins of the first inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula. Provenance: Carl Pauli (1834-1901), German linguist (manuscript dated "Lugano 1894"); Bibliothèque de la Faculté de Théologie, Les Fontaines, Chantilly.
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