Annotations : to Léon de Rosny's L'interprétation des anciens textes mayas.
Abstract:
Published copy of Léon de Rosny's L'interprétation des anciens textes mayas (Paris: Gustave Bossange, 1875), with numerous annotations and corrections by C. Hermann Berendt throughout the text. Rosny's work includes an overview of Mayan grammar (p. 13-34), selected texts with translations (p. 35-46), and a Maya-French vocabulary (p. 47-70), followed by book advertisements (Bulletin de Publicité orientale et américaine; 16 p.) and a statement about the Société américaine de France (8 p.). On one of the tipped-in leaves (front free endpaper), Berendt provides an overview of his evaluation of the first 5 columns of Rosny's vocabulary (Die 5 ersten Spalten v. Rosnys "Vocabulaire M.-Fr."), categorizing those 133 entries under headings such as: correct word, correct meaning; or: correct word, incorrect meaning. Additional entries from the 6th column are made in red ink, up to 163.
48 leaves : paper; 211 x 131 mm bound to 215 x 138 mm
Personal Name:
Rosny, Léon de, 1837-1914.; Berendt, C. Hermann (Carl Hermann), 1817-1878, former owner.; Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899, former owner.
Rights:
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Notes:
Ms. codex.; Origin: Written ca. 1875.; Title supplied by cataloger; title for book on printed title page (p. [3]) is L'interprétation des anciens textes mayas.; Pagination: Paper, ii + 48 + ii leaves; [1-5], 6-70, [71-73], [1-2], 3-16, [1-3], 4-8. Varying-sized leaves of notepaper tipped in as follows: 2 on inside upper cover; 3 on recto of front free endpaper; 1 on recto of final back free endpaper.; Script: Annotations written in the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.; Binding: Late 19th-century quarter calf over marbled boards; partial split between front pastedown and front free endpaper.; French, English, and German, with Maya examples and vocabulary.
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