‎Philology‎

‎NYERUP, R. (RASMUS).‎

‎Wörterbuch der Skandinavischen Mythologie. Mit einer Einleitung, eine Uebersicht der Geschichte des Studiums der nordischen Fabellehre enthaltend. Aus der dänischen Handschrift übersetzt. (+) Uebersicht der Geschichte des studiums der Skandinavischen ...‎

‎Kopenhagen, Gerhard Bonnier, 1816. One contemp. hcalf. Spine rubbed. (2),132 pp. + (6),XIV,61,(1) pp. Internally clean and fine.‎

Bookseller reference : 57151

‎HAUEN, JENS VON‎

‎Et lidet orthographisk Lexicon Eller Ord=Bog Hvorudi korteligen handles I.) Om Skrive=rigtigheden og de feyl" som derimod begaaes II.) Om Eens=lydende ords skrive=maade og bemærkelse: item hvordan de gemeenligen ud=siges med de ord, som kommer deraf: ...‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Johan Christoph Groth, 1741. 4to. Samtidigt hellæder bind med fem ophøjede bind på ryg. Med forgyldt tekst og ornamentik på ryg. Kapitæler og permer med slitage. Indvendig pæn og ren. (8), 200, (1) pp.‎

‎Originaludgaven af Niels von Hauen hovedværk hvormed han påbegyndte den ""den ortografiske fejde"" med Th. Clitau""(Niels von Haven) gjorde sit navn kendt ved udgivelsen af Et lidet orthographisk Lexicon eller Ord-Bog, 1741, ikke mindst fordi dette leksikon gav anledning til ""den ortografiske fejde"" mellem v.H. og Th. Clitau og som derpå foranledigede J. P. Høysgaards første skrift. Bogen indeholder et forslag om afskaffelse af store bogstaver undtagen ved egennavne, og af verbernes flertalsformer. Samtidig er den et interessant forsøg på at sammenstille homonymer, enslydende, men forskelligt stavede ord. Det er ikke helt vellykket, men det giver ved sine sammenstillinger, tit også ved direkte oplysninger, sproghistorisk værdifuld besked om rigsmålsudtalen i Odense omkr. 1750, ligesom det indeholder en stor del ordsprog og talemåder."" (Den Store Danske Encyklopædi).Biblioteca Danica IV, 69.‎

Bookseller reference : 57296

‎RASK, RASMUS -‎

‎Breve Fra og Til. Udg. ved Louis Hjlmslev. 3 Bd. i 4 Dele.‎

‎København, Munksgaard, 1941-68. Lex8vo. Indbundet i 4 originale hldrbd. med forgyldte tome- og titelfelter i skind. XIII,457402594 pp. Rent frisk eksemplar.‎

Bookseller reference : 57316

‎"SNEEDORFF, (JENS SCHIELDERUP).‎

‎Samtlige Skrivter. 9 Bd.‎

‎Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendals Forlag, 1775-77. Indbundet i 9 ensartede samtidige helldrbind i flammet kalv med ophøjede bind på rygge. Rig rygforgyldning. Forgyldte titeletiketterpå rygge. Her og der med lettere rygslid. Fra ferderik heymans bogsamling. Alle bind har Heymans kobberstukne exlibris på indersiden af forpermerne. Udmærket komplet eksemplar med Sneedorffs kobberstukne portræt i første bind.‎

‎Originaludgaven. Sneedorff var en helt central skikkelse i udbredningen af oplysningstidens idealer i Danmark og Norge: ""Sneedorffs oplysningsforhavende er primært formidlende, samfundsopbyggende og ikke af den kritiske, autoritetsanfægtende slags. Det kritiske ytre sig hos ham i det moralsk-opdragende blik på menneskers adfærd i samfundet og de almene menneskelige brist såsom standshovmod, pyntesyge, forfængelighed, hykleri, fordomsfuldhed."" (Dansk Litteraturs Historie, Gyldendal, 2007, p. 479).‎

Bookseller reference : 57371

‎"BOPP, FRANZ.‎

‎Vocalismus oder sprachvergleichende Kritiken über J. Grimm's deutsche Grammatik und Graff's althochdeutschen Sprachschatz mit Begründung einer neuen Theorie des Ablauts.‎

‎Berlin, Nicolaischen Buchhandlung, 1836. 8vo. Bound in a nice contemporary half calf with gilt spine. Gilt title label to spine. Minor wear to lower back hinge. Tear to marbled paper of lower front board. Library stamps to pasted down front endpaper, verso of title-page, and last leaf. A few scattered brownspots, otherwise internally clean. X,253 pp. + errata.‎

‎The first edition of Bopp's Vocalismus in which he sums up his critical thoughts and previously published articles on J. Grimm and Graff.""It seems to me only an expression of the natural common feeling which binds us together as a Philological Society, to take some notice of the death of one of the greatest philologists of our time, without whose life and labours, indeed, the Science of Language might not have been, or at least might not have elevated itself so high as to deserve that title, so soon or so indisputably... Bopp must, more or less, directly or indirectly, be the teacher of all who at the present day study, not this language or that language, but Language itself..."" (Russel Martineau, in: Portraits of Linguists. A Biographical Source Book for the History of Western Linguistics 1746-1963).During the time before Bopp, the languages of the antiquity, Greek, Latin and Hebrew, had provided the key for unlocking many of the mysteries of the modern languages of Europe and Western Asia. But the languages of the East that had been preserved in a larger sense were only beginning to be known"" Bopp saw, as one of the first that these languages might be of even greater importance. Sanskrit, Bopp realized, was the language that might provide the general light that should be thrown on formative process of language, and together with the other known languages that had been investigated, Greek, Latin, Persian, and the Germanic languages, Sanskrit would be able to provide us with the final unity in the variety that are present in the Western languages. And thus, Bopp decided to go to Paris to study Sanskrit (Paris was the only place it could be done) in 1812. Bopp studied Sanskrit here for five years, and in fact, he was among the first pupils to study under Chézy, the holder of the very first chair of Sanskrit (1815), together with Wilhelm von Humboldt and A.W. Schlegel. It is thus during his studies here that he writes his first work, which turned out to be a work of breakthrough. ""Following up the discovery of Sir William Jones (235) of the kinship of the Indo-European languages, and building upon the recognition by Rask (266) of the phonetic agreements of the Germanic language group, Bopp in this, his first publication, proved the exact correspondence of the construction of the verb in five main branches of Indo-European languages. He thereby established the science of comparative linguistics..."" (PMM 275).His first publication was regarded as being a very important contribution to the science of linguistics, and it secured him the chair of Oriental Languages at the university of Berlin (1821-64).Bopp wrote and published very little, but that which he did publish has remained of the utmost importance to the development of the science of comparative linguistics.With his idea of tracing the common origin of the grammatical form of the five languages, a task that no one had attempted before him, and by analysing those forms, Bopp became the provider of the first dependable materials for a history of the languages compared.""Bopp's importance lies in the fact that he was no mere grammarian but considered comparative philology to be an essential part of the history of civilization: out of their vocabulary he drew an accurate picture of the material and intellectual life of the earliest Indo-European people."" (PMM 275).‎

Bookseller reference : 57724

‎PETERSEN, N.M.‎

‎Samlede Afhandlinger. 4 Dele.‎

‎København, Samfundet til den danske Litteraturs Fremme, 1870-74. Indbundet i 2 samtidige halvlæderbind med rygforgyldning. Forgyldte titel- og tomefelter. Enkelte revner i ryggene. False forstærket indvendigt. Enkelte spredte brunpletter ellers ren indvendig. IX,(2),388(4),326(4),399(4),300 pp. + 2 kort.‎

Bookseller reference : 57786

‎HILDEBRANDT, THEODOR.‎

‎Kriegs=Handwörterbuch oder Erklärung der vorzüglichsten und gebräuchlichsten in dem Kriegswesen vorkommenden Gegenstände und Kunstausdrücke. Mit acht Kupfertafeln und 2 Tabellen.‎

‎Erlangen, Palm und Enke, 1820. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine, titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Light wear along edges.Stamps on title-page. (4),IV,380,(2) pp., 8 folded engraved plates and 2 folded tables. Occassionally light browning.‎

Bookseller reference : 58338

‎"RASK, R. K. (RASMUS).‎

‎Samlede tildels forhen utrykte Afhandlinger. Udgivne efter Forfatterens Død af H. K. Rask. Med Bidrag til Forfatterens Levnet af N.M. Petersen. Förste-Anden Del (af tre). - [MED DEDIKATION FRA UDGIVEREN]‎

‎København, Poppske Bogtrykkeri, 1834-36. 8vo. Indbundet ubeskåret og delvis uopskåret i de originale hollanderede bind. Originale bogtrykte rygtitelfelter delvist bevaret. Første bind forstærket med tape på ryggen. Med en smule kantslid. Biblioteksstempel fra Vordingborg Realskole på titelbladene. Enkelte spredte brunpletter ellers ren og pæn indvendig. Med dedikation fra udgiveren på de indersiden af forpermene: ""Til Vordingborg Skolebibliothek / ærbødigst fra / Borchs Koll. d. 10 April 1836 H. Rask."" (4),384" (8),504 pp.‎

‎Nydeligt eksemplar af originaludgaven, med dedikation fra Rasmus Rasks halvbror H. K. Rask, som udgav Rasmus Rasks mindre efterladte afhandlinger,de fleste af hvilke er trykt her for første gang.H. K. Rask sendte skolen eksemplaret kort tid efter, anden del udkom. To år senere udkom en trejde del, som han givetvis aldrig har sendt skolen.‎

Bookseller reference : 58593

‎BREDSDORFF, JAKOB HORNEMANN.‎

‎Om Aarsagerne til Sprogenes Forandringer. Paa ny udgivet af Vilh. Thomsen.‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag (F. Hegel & Søn), 1886. 8vo. Indbundet i et samtidigt halvshirtbind med håndskrevet titeletiket på forpermen. Første og sidste blad brunet ellers ren og pæn indvendig. Med Nicolai Bøghs exlibris på det påklæbede forsatsblad. 32 pp.‎

‎Anden udgave (først udkommet i 1821) af Bredsdorffs vigtige afhandling om sprogenes forandring.‎

Bookseller reference : 58796

‎"JESPERSEN, OTTO.‎

‎Sprogets Logik. (i: Festskrift udgivet af Københavns Universitet i Anledning af Hans Majestæt Kongens Fødselsdag den 26. September 1913.)‎

‎København, Universitetsbogtrykkeriet (J. H. Schultz A/S), 1913. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Capitals missing. Book block split down the middle of the spine. Internally clean. 94,(1) pp.‎

‎First edtion of this important linguistic work in which he set forth the theories of ""Rank"" and ""Nexus"" in Danish.‎

Bookseller reference : 59793

‎MICHAELIS, JOHANN DAVID‎

‎Abhandlung von der syrischen Sprache und ihrem Gebrauch. nebst dem ersten Theil.‎

‎Göttingen, Johann Albrecht Barmeier, 1768. 8vo. 2 volumes bound in one modest marbled paper covered cardboard binding. Wear to extremities, internally fine and clean. 112 118 pp.‎

‎First edition of Michaelis work on the Syriac language. Johann Davis Michaelis (1717-19) was a theologian and orientalist, whose fame today rests upon the present work and upon the fact that he was responsible for the first scientific expedition to Arabia Felix, namely that of Niebuhr. As a theologian and an orientalist, many of Michaelis' questions have root in the Bible. But unlike many other theolgians of the time, Michaelis sought to shed light over biblical themes through sources outside of the Bible - especially from the Middle East, not least Arabia.‎

Bookseller reference : 60189

‎"DAMPE, JACOB JACOBSEN.‎

‎Conspectus et aestimatio ethicae Corani. Adjecto animadversionum philologicarum in Arabicos scriptores specimine. - [DAMPE'S DISSERTATION]‎

‎Hafnia, Schultz, 1812. 4to. In contemporary blank green boards. Light wear to extremities. Internally nice and clean, printed on heavy blue paper. (4), 62, (2) pp.‎

‎Exceedingly rare first edition, possibly gift-copy, of Dampe's doctoral dissertation on ethics in the Koran. Dampe was subject to arguable the most profound miscarriage of justice in Danish history. In 1820, Dampe was sentenced to death for advocating the abolition of absolute monarchy and the establishment of a free constitution. However, his sentence was commuted to exile and he was imprisoned in ""the Balloon"" on the tiny island of Fredriksø. Following the abolition of exile as a form of punishment in 1840 he was placed under house arrest on Bornholm. In 1848, he was granted amnesty by Denmark's new king, Frederick VII. The following year, in 1849, the Danish Constitution was introduced pretty much the way Dampe had proposed. His dissertation provides an overview of the main principles of the Quran’s ethical teachings, the arguments for following them, pre-Islamic Arab ethics before Muhammad, and what Muhammad thought about himself. Then follows an excursus on Muhammad’s clever ways of granting himself authority and finally, an appendix with ten pages of philological commentary. Biblioteca Danica I, 596.‎

Bookseller reference : 62075

‎DESMARESTS, ROLAND.‎

‎Epistolarum philologicarum libri II (+) Tractatio de Mercurio er Hermis, seu Statuis Mercurialibus quas Germanice vocamus (+) Jani Cæcilii Frey Via ad divas scientias‎

‎Leipzig & Frankfurt, Meyer, 1687 (+) Francofurti & Lipsiae, Dauderstadium, (no year) (+) Jenae, Petrum Blosseln, bibliop. - Arnstadiae, Meurerianis, 1674. 8vo. In contemporary full vellum with title in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Spine miscoloured, a few stains to boards and inner hinges split. A few leaves detached, otherwise nice and clean. (48), 706, (4), 159, (5), (12), 103 pp.‎

‎Later edition of these literary and philological works. Roland Desmarests (1594-1653), a brother of the better-known Jean Desmarests de Saint-Sorlin, placed a Latin poem dedicated to the French princess Marie Louise Gonzaga de Nevers in this present work. The princess (who was the future wife of two Polish kings, Wladyslaw IV Vasa and John II Casimir) was about to leave France for Poland.‎

Bookseller reference : 62169

‎HØEGH-GULDBERG, F.‎

‎Betragtninger over Dannersprogets Retskrivning og Toneklang. Tredie, aldeles omarbeidede Oplag.‎

‎Kjøbenhavn, Schultz, 1813. 8vo. I et samtidigt halvlæderbind med rygforgyldning. Håndskrevet titeletiket på ryg. En smule slid ved kapitæler og ydre false. Navnetræk på indersiden af forperm og verso af forsats. Enkelte spredte brunpletter. 205 p.‎

‎Tredie oplag af Høegh-Guldbergs afhandling om dansk retskrivning.‎

Bookseller reference : 62593

‎DORPH, NIELS VINDING P.‎

‎De jydske Zigeunere og en rotvelsk Ordbog.‎

‎Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1837. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. Wear to spine and back board. Embossed stamp to title-page and stamp to last page. First and last leaf reinforced in margin, internally with occassional brownspotting. (2), 64 pp.‎

‎The rare first edition of this dictionary distributed to police officers in Jutland to serve as an interrogation tool against “Rotvælsk” (Romanian-Romani) speaking individuals, with the aim of helping the authorities to understand and control the alleged “wild nature” of these groups.‎

Bookseller reference : 62757

‎RASK, RASMUS.‎

‎Undersögelse om det Gamle Nordiske eller islandske Sprogs Oprindelse. Et af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes selskab kronet Prisskrift. - [A FOUNDING WORK IN NORDIC PHILOLOGY.]‎

‎Kjöbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1818. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. Light wear to extremities. Joints and parts of spine with some loss of leather. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to front free end-paper. Light occassional marginal browning but internally generally nice and clean. XII, 312 pp. + 1 plate.‎

‎First edition of Rask's main work, a founding work in Nordic Philology as he was the first to study the ancient Nordic languages systematically and discovered the correspondance of consonant relations between the Indo-European languages which led Jacob Grimm to formulate the rules underlying the Germanic as well as the High-German sound-shifts.‎

Bookseller reference : 62898

‎BAUMEISTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTIAN.‎

‎Elementa philosophiae recentioris usibus iuventutis scholasticae accommodata et pluribus sententiis. Editio nova, auctior et emendatior.‎

‎Leipzig, Gleditsch, 1755. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Front free end-paper closely annotated in contemporary hand. Internally with occassional marignal annotations in contemporary hand. Old paper-label to upper part of spine. Binding slightly miscoloured, otherwise a nice and copy. (22), 588, (12) pp. + frontispiece.‎

‎Later edition of this influential school book on “modern philosophy” intended for gymnasium and early university.‎

Bookseller reference : 62950

‎"RASK, RASMUS.‎

‎Kortfattet Vejledning til det oldnordiske eller gamle islandske Sprog.‎

‎København, Reitzel og v. Maack, 1832. 8vo. Bound uncut in the original blue wrappers in a recent blue cardboard binding with leather titel label to spine (Signed Ole Olsen, 1980). Previous owner's name (Wilhelm Flensburg) to front wrapper. Neat light marginal pencil annotations thorughout in contemporary hand. Wrappers with light wear, internally nice. (4), 76 pp.‎

‎First edition of Rask's short introduction to Old Norse. Rasmus Rask is one of the absolutely most prominent and famous Danish philologers and is very well esteemed worldwide. He was the first to systematically study the ancient Nordic languages and is the discoverer of the relations between the consonants in the Indo-European languages. This discovery served as the foundation of the rules Jacob Grimm later formulated, underlying the Germanic and High-German soundshifts. In PMM Rask is yielded as ""one of the founders of the modern science of language."" (PMM 266). Hjelmslev I, 197.‎

Bookseller reference : 62967

‎RASK, RASMUS.‎

‎Dansk Sproglære fra engelsk oversat af H.K. Rask.‎

‎København, Poppske Offizin, 1837. 8vo. In contemporary marbled wrappers. Internally with light marginal browning, but generally a good copy. Ubeskåret og uopskåret i originale blå blanke omslag. 12, 56 pp.‎

‎First Danish translation.‎

Bookseller reference : 62982

‎KANT, IMMANUEL.‎

‎Anthropologie in pragmatischer Hinsicht abgefasst. Zweyte verbesserte Auflage.‎

‎Königsberg, Nicolovius, 1800. Cont.hcalf. Back slightly worn. St.o.t. XIV, (2), 332 pp.‎

Bookseller reference : 650

‎WIMMER, LUDVIG F.A.‎

‎De Danske Runemindesmærker. Undersøgte og tolkede. Afbildningerne udførte af J.Magnus petersen. 4 Bd. (i 6 Afd.).‎

‎Kbhvn., 1893-1908. Folio. 6 orig.hshirtbd. Kapitæler slidte med rifter og bd. II løs i ryg og revnet fals. Rigt illustr.‎

Bookseller reference : 8359

‎SILJESTRAND, KARL K:son.‎

‎Ordböjningen i Västmannalagen. I-III. (1. Substantivets Böjning. 2. Adjektiv, Räkneord och Pronomen. 3. Verbets Böjning).‎

‎Linköping, Upsala, 1890-93. 4to. Senere hldrbd. Ryg med lidt brugsspor. 182,71,118 pp.‎

Bookseller reference : 9523

‎DEN DANSKE KIEMPEBOG,‎

‎en Sangkrønike fra Midten af Det syttende Hundredaar, udg. af Frederik Barfod.‎

‎K., 1860. Lex8vo. Omsl.m.lidt rifter. Ubeskåret. X,487 pp.‎

Bookseller reference : 9969

‎HØYSGAARD - BERTELSEN, HENRIK.‎

‎Jens Pedersen Høysgaard og hans Forfatterskab.‎

‎K., 1926. Lex8vo. 257 pp.‎

Bookseller reference : 9973

‎SPANG-HANSSEN, HENNING.‎

‎Probability and structural Classification in language Description.‎

‎Coph., 1959. , 233 pp. (Disp.).‎

Bookseller reference : 9983