Wörterbuch zur Erklärung und Verdeutschung der unserer Sprache aufgedrungenen fremden Ausdrücke Ein Ergänzungsband zu Adelung's und Campe's Wörterbüchern Neue starkvermehrte und durchgängig verbesseerte Ausgabe
Braunschweig: Schulbuchhandlung, 1813.
Thick quarto (11-1/8" x 9-5/8"). Half dark brown leather with marbled boards, spine in ruled compartments with dark red title label gilt, all edges red. 2ff. (recto title, verso "Unsere Sprache an uns" from Klopstock), [iii]-xii (foreword to the first edition), [xiii]-xiv (foreword to the second edition dated 1813), 1f. (recto half-title, verso blank), [3]-610, [611]-[612] (errata), [613]-673 (index), [i] (colophon) pp. Printed in double columns.
Binding quite worn, rubbed, and bumped; head and tail of spine frayed with small portion of head lacking; title label mostly lacking; joints cracked; endpapers stained. Slightly worn; uniform light browning; occasional foxing. Quite a good copy overall.
Campe, a German writer, linguist, educator and publisher, is considered a major representative of philanthropinism and the German Enlightenment.
Item #36286
Price: $120.00 other currencies