Ueber das Verbum in den americanischen Sprachen

Name:

Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 1767-1835

Date:

1884

Description:

A work on words in indigenous languages from Mexico, Central America, and South America, including Nahuatl, Mixtec, Huastec, and Totonac. The manuscript is lightly edited, with some phrases crossed out, and an index at the end gives references to topics for the major languages considered.

Language:

German

Provenance:

From the collection of Daniel Garrison Brinton.; Brinton, Daniel G. 1837-1899, former owner.

Subject:

Comparative linguistics; Indians -- Languages; Indians of Mexico -- Languages; Indians of Central America -- Languages; Indians of South America -- Languages

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Manuscripts, German; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

30 leaves : paper; 333 x 206 (279 x 100) mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; German philosopher and scholar of languages.; Title from title page (f. 1r).; This was the fourth of ten manuscripts and facsimiles formerly bound together, now disbound (Item 205-Item 214).; Foliation: Paper, 30; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Layout: Written in 38 lines, usually only in the right half of each page, with occasional notes in the left half.; Origin: Copied from the original in the Royal Library at Berlin, March 1884, for Dr. D. G. Brinton (note on title page).; German.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 700 Item 208

Collection:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection