Life and growth of language: an outline of linguistic science
1875 · New York
by Whitney, William Dwight
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. Westminster edition limited to 1000 copies of which this is no. 833, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 327; photogravure portrait frontispiece, title page printed in orange and black; original tan cloth (minor soiling) lettered in gilt; cloth a bit dampstained, else good and sound . A renowned Sanskrit scholar, Whitney played a major role in bringing the science of linguistics into the modern era. The work at hand was widely influential, and translated into seven languages. Forms part of the Selected Library of Modern Science: Language. (Inventory #: 42319)