Ernest Renan — De L&Apos;Origine Du Langage

Paris, Michel Levy Freres, 1875. Leather. A fifth edition of this detailed study into the origins of languages, in the original French. French. Fifth edition. A detailed and comprehensive study attempting to prove the origins of language. With chapters on various opinions on the origin of language, pre-historic communication, speech as natural to man, historical proof of certain theories, characteristics of primitive language, and much more. Written by Joseph Ernest Renan, a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, who wrote on Semitic languages and civilizations, a historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar, and critic. In the original quarter calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally, sound with light bumping and chipping to the extremities. Minor loss to the head of the spine and board edges with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with scattered spotting and minor age toning to the extremities. Good . Ill.: None. Good .