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[Migrations - linguistics] - LAZIUS, Wolfgang

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[Migrations - linguistics] - LAZIUS, Wolfgang
[Migrations - linguistics] - LAZIUS, Wolfgang - De gentium aliquot migrationibus, sedibus fixis, reliquiis, linguarumque initiis & immutationibus ac dialectis, libri XII (...). Frankfurt/M., Heirs of Andreas Wechel, Claude Marny & Jean Aubry, 1600, folio, contemp. calf (needs restoring: damaged at spine, loosening on covers), gilt ruled and ornamental borders on covers with gilt central coat of arms, a.e.g. (soiled and fading), 675-[37] pp. (slightly browning and foxing, tear in titleleaf, fore-edge margin cropped at D1 shaving ill., minor dampstains and wormtracks). Cfr. ill. € 200/300 Important pioneer study of the European migrations in the Early Middle Ages by Wolfgang Lazius (1514-1565), 1st published 1557, with a dedication to Jacob Fugger. The work is also of linguistic interest, with a number of texts and words in Hebrew, Greek and early German. 11 full-page and 10 half-page woodcut illustrations. Woodcut mark on 1st and last page. Ref. VD-16 L-851. Adams L-349. Machiels L-109. STCGerman (BL London) p. 490.
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