Sale 2110 Lot 97

RASK, RASMUS KRISTIAN. Vejledning til det Islandske eller gamle Nordiske Sprog. 8vo, original stiff wrappers, spine ends chipped, front joint starting; scattered light foxing; uncut. Copenhagen, 1811
Estimate $400-600

first edition. "The 'Guide to the Icelandic or old Nordic Language' was the first of an important series of publications which qualify Rask as one of the founders of the modern science of language"--Printing and the Mind of Man 266.