first edition
1858 · London
by Ludewig, Hermann E.
London: Trübner & Co, 1858. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 258; title page printed in red and black; original brown cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine, t.e.g.; hinges cracked, some rubbing, top third of spine perished; good and sound. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate, with a Newberry release stamp on the verso of the front free endpaper, a small Newberry bookplate on the front pastedown, and a small Newberry rubber stamp on the title. An uncommon and excellent reference for language books of native North and South Americans, arranged alphabetically by tribe, with lists of word books, vocabularies, grammars, and grammatical notices for each. (truncated)