Wilhelm Braune; C. W. M. Grein; Adolf Noreen; William H. Carpenter — Studies on Grammar

Halle; Leipzig, Max Niemeyer; Verlag von Theodor Kay; Verlag von Bernhard Schlicke , 1872-1884. Leather. A collection of four scarce works on the grammar of different languages, in the original German. German. Four volumes bound in one. Scarce works. This volume contains: Gotische Grammatik, 1880. A study on Gothic grammar with extracts, readings, and a short index by Theodor Wilhelm Braune, a German philologist and Germanist. Das Gothic Verbum in Sprachvergleichender Hinsicht, 1872. A comparative study on the Gothic syntax and verbs by Christian Wilhelm Michael Grein, a German philologist. Altislandische und Altnorwegische Grammatik, 1884. A record of Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian grammar, taking into account the Urnordic, by Adolf Gotthard Noreen, a Swedish linguist who served as a member of the Swedish Academy. Grundriss der Neuislandischen Grammatik, 1881. A commentary on New Icelandic grammar and developments in the language by William Henry Carpenter, an American philologist, and provost for Columbia University. Bound in half crushed morocco with cloth covered boards. Externally, worn with rubbing and light loss to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd mark to the boards. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with light age toning to the extremities and the odd small spot or handling mark. Library bookplate to the front pastedown with light spotting to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .