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436 S. Originalleinen.

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Einband berieben, sonst gutes und sauberes Exemplar. Aus dem Nachlass von Michael Richter. Mit Namensstempel auf Vorsatz. - Aus der Einleitung: "Present day surveys of linguistic studies relegate pre-nineteenth century linguists to a brief space in preface or introduction treating their work as, at best, pre-scientific or, at worst, fanciful speculation. Edward Lhuyd was one of the most eminent of the 'pre-scientific' linguists and the value of his work in helping towards later discoveries was gratefully acknowledged by such nineteenth-century giants as Zcuss. The Archaeologia represents his work on language published during his lifetime but it should not be forgotten that he also made a uniquely valuable contribution to dialect studies which remained until recently in manuscript - a record in Welsh orthography of some Irish and Scottish-Gaelic dialects as they existed in 1700. The original purpose of Lhuyd's work was not, of course, only linguistic. He undertook his remarkable tour of Wales, parts of Scotland, Ireland and Brittany between 1697 and 1701 to collect material for a survey of the natural history, geology, history, archaeology, place-names and philology of the Celtic-speaking countries accompanied by three companions trained by himself, David Parry, Robin Wyn and William Jones. Unfortunately only the first volume of this survey, the Archaeologia Britannica was published : the philology or 'Glossography' which appeared in 1707. Lhuyd's reason for publishing the 'Glossography' first was that he considered a knowledge of the Celtic languages to be indispensable for a study of the early inhabitants of Wales, Scotland and Ireland - it helped the understanding of ancient names of persons and places and the reading ot the remaining few British and Irish manuscripts out of which materials for such a study were chiefly supplied. He also wished to extend his scope and provide linguistic help for 'all that are Curious in the Antiquities of the Gauls'. ... "