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Forsøg til en videnskabelig dansk Retskrivningslære med Hensyn til Stamsproget og Nabosproget. - [ASSOCIATION COPY.]
København, Popp, 1826. 8vo. Bound in a contemporary half calf binding with gilt spine. Gilt title to spine. Boards and edges slightly rubbed. Long handwritten note on front free endpaper from Rask's half-brother H. K. Rask. Few scattered brownspots and contemporary underlinings in text, otherwise clean. (2),16,339,(1) + 1 engraved plate.
A magnificent association copy of the first edition of Rask's seminal 'Danish Orthography'. The main point propounded in Rask's comprehensive treatise of Danish orthography is that the spelling ought to correspond as closely as possible with the pronunciation. For instance, Rask suggests new spellings of a large group of loanwords: 'direktør' instead of 'directeur', 'affære' instead of 'affaire' and so forth. Although many of Rask's contemporaries opposed his orthografical ideas, his work constitutes a main work on Danish orthography, and several of his suggestions were ultimately adopted and are still in use today. The present copy carries a long handwritten note in the hand of Rasmus Rask's half-brother, H. K. Rask, stating that the copy was given by Rask to Hans Hansa and was then passed on to H. K. Rask. H. K. then mentions how he perused the book with great pleasure and goes on to defend the proposals for change in Danish orthography presented in the book.
Engelsk Formlære, udarbejdet efter en ny Plan. - [INSCRIBED BY RASMUS RASK'S HALF-BROTHER.]
København, Gyldendal, 1832. 8vo. Bound in the original gift boards covered in green glazed paper. Wear and tears to spine. Front board slightly loose. Internally clean. Printed on good paper. With a long inscription in Latin to the inside of front board from Rasmus Rask's half-brother to the Danish theologian Jens Møller: ""Jano Möller, Professori in alma nostra universitate / summo, Doctori Celeberrimo reverentiæ et / animi gratissimi documentum libellum postmortem / Beati Fratris editum / modestissime obtulit / discipulus tuus gratissimus / Jo. Ch. Nic. Rask."" (4),112 pp.
A beautiful gift copy of the first edition of Rask's 'English Morphology', inscribed by his half-brother Hans Kristian Rask to the Danish theologian and professor Jens Møller (1779-1833). Møller is best known for his biographical works. Hjelmslev I, 200.
Original handwritten and signed letter for ""Hochzuverehrende Herren!"" (= Verein für Geschichte und Alterthumskunde Westphalens). - [ORIGINAL LETTER FROM THE MASTER OF PHILOLOGERS]
Dated ""Kopenhagen d. 13. Septbr. 1828."" 1 1/2 p. 4to. In German. In the letter Rask expresses great gratitude for having been announced ""Ehrenmitglied [= honorary member] des Vereins für Geschichte und Alterthumskunde Westphalens"""" the membership is effectuated from the 7th of August 1827, and Rask has received the diploma the same day as the letter is written. He describes what a great honor it is for him, and thanks the society many times, expressing his wish to be of use to them. He tells about his love for Scandinavian literature and his membership of the ""nordischen Ges."" and ""isländischen liter. Gesellschaft."" He wishes to live up to the responsibility this diploma gives him, ""[u]m aber etwas für die germanische Literatur oder Alterthums-/ kunde leisten zu können, bedarf ich viel mehr Hilfe von andern/ als ich solche zu geben im Stande bin."" He is currently working on an ""altsächsische Grammatik"", very much similar to his angelsachsische and friesische, but to be able to finish it properly, he is in want of an ""Abschrift des bekannten Bamberger Codex von/ der Evangelienharmonie, der gerade des beträchtlichste Stück von diesem Dialekt ist."" He has, however without luck, tried to get a hold of one and is now asking the society if they can be helpful.
With address and paper-seal on verso. Rasmus Rask is one of the absolutely most prominent and famous Danish philologers and is very well esteemed worldwide. He was the first to systematically study the ancient Nordic languages and is the discoverer of the relations between the consonants in the Indo-European languages. This discovery served as the foundation of the rules Jacob Grimm later formulated, underlying the Germanic and High-German soundshifts. In PMM Rask is yielded as ""one of the founders of the modern science of language."" (PMM 266).Letters from Rask are of the greatest rarity.
Spansk Sproglære efter en ny Plan udarbejdet af R. Rask. [Spanish Grammar] - [OTTO JESPERSEN'S COPY]
København, Beekens Forlag, 1824. 8vo. Cont. hcalf, somewhat worn. Spine with wear and a tear to front hinge. Internally brownspotted. Inner hinges a bit weak. 22,226 pp.
First edition of Rask's important ""Spanish Grammar"", Otto Jespersen's copy, with his name in own hand on front free end-paper. Otto Jespersen (1860 - 1943) was one of the greatest linguists of the 20th century. He was professor of English language at the university of Copenhagen, and his works on English language and grammar are some of the best within their field and they were used at most English universities. He is the inventor of the famous artificial language ""Novial"", and his work ""Fonetik"" is considered a mile-stone of European linguistics.""Through a long life Otto Jespersen has offered valuable contributions to general phonetics and grammar and to our knowledge of English and Danish and other languages, thus being a worthy successor of the great Danish linguists of the last century (Rask, Thomsen, Verner, and others). His revolutionary work for the improvement of the teaching of modern languages has had great effects far beyond the boundary of his own country."" (Niels Haislund, in: Sebeok, Portraits of Linguists. A Biographical Source Book for the History of Western Linguistics, 1746-1963, 1967). Rasmus Rask is one of the absolutely most prominent and famous Danish philologers and is very well esteemed worldwide. He was the first to systematically study the ancient Nordic languages and is the discoverer of the relations between the consonants in the Indo-European languages. This discovery served as the foundation of the rules Jacob Grimm later formulated, underlying the Germanic and High-German soundshifts. In PMM Rask is yielded as ""one of the founders of the modern science of language."" (PMM 266).
Spansk Sproglære efter en ny Plan udarbejdet af R. Rask. [Spanish Grammar] - [PRESENTATION COPY]
København, Beekens Forlag, 1824. 8vo. Bound in a beautiful presentation-binding with green glazed paper over cardboard boards with a handwritten title label to spine. All edges uncut, making the paper-size at least twice as big as that of the regular edition. Printed on vellum paper. Title label partly missing and some of paper to lower capital. Inscribed by the author to inside of front board: ""Velbårne / Hr. Prof. Kolderup-Rosenvinge / ærbødigst / fra / Forfatteren."" (Honoured / Professor Kolderup-Rosenvinge / respectfully / from / the Author.) A few neat notes in old hand, presumably that of a the later owner, P. Rørdam, whose signature dated 1851 is written on the title page. Internally near mint.
A beautiful presentation copy, inscribed to Kolderup-Rosenvinge, of the first edition of Rask's Spanish Grammar. Rasmus Rask is one of the absolutely most prominent and famous Danish philologers and is very well esteemed worldwide. He was the first to systematically study the ancient Nordic languages and is the discoverer of the relations between the consonants in the Indo-European languages. This discovery served as the foundation of the rules Jacob Grimm later formulated, underlying the Germanic and High-German soundshifts. In PMM Rask is yielded as ""one of the founders of the modern science of language."" (PMM 266).Janus Lauritz Andreas Kolderup-Rosenvinge (1792-1850) was a renowned Danish jurist, who played a great role in cultural life of golden age Denmark. He was bestowed with a long list of honours and honorary titles. In 1822 he became honorary member of the literary society of Iceland in Copenhagen and the society of the national history of language, and in 1824 he became a member of the scientific academy.
Singalesisk Skriftlære. - [IDENTIFYING THE RELATION BETWEEN SINHALESE AND SANSKRIT.]
Kolombo (Colombo, Sri Lanka), 1821. 8vo. Original blank blue wrappers. Insignificant wear to edges of wrappers. Light toning, but a fine copy. (2),16 pp.
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First (and only) edition of the first Singalese grammar in a Western language, Rask's highly importent work, in which he ""identified Sinhalese as a speech belonging to the same class as Sanskrit and added that Tamil belonged to a different class. Since then the subject has been studied and discusses by various scholars, and it is established beyond doubt that Sinhalese is an Indo-Aryan language.""Rasmus Rask is one of the absolutely most prominent and famous Danish philologers and is very well esteemed worldwide. He was the first to systematically study the ancient Nordic languages and is the discoverer of the relations between the consonants in the Indo-European languages. This discovery served as the foundation of the rules Jacob Grimm later formulated, underlying the Germanic and High-German soundshifts. In PMM, Rask is identified as ""one of the founders of the modern science of language."" (PMM 266).
Singalesisk Skriftlære. - [IDENTIFYING THE RELATION BETWEEN SINHALESE AND SANSKRIT]
Kolombo (Colombo, Sri Lanka), 1821. 8vo. Original blank blue wrappers. Some brownspotting (due to the paper quality). (2),16 pp.
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First (and only) edition of the first Singalese grammar in a Western language, Rask's highly importent work, in which he ""identified Sinhalese as a speech belonging to the same class as Sanskrit and added that Tamil belonged to quite a different class. Since then the subject has been studied and discusses by various scholars, and it is established beyond doubt that Sinhalese is an Indo-Aryan language.""Rasmus Rask is one of the absolutely most prominent and famous Danish philologers and is very well esteemed worldwide. He was the first to systematically study the ancient Nordic languages and is the discoverer of the relations between the consonants in the Indo-European languages. This discovery served as the foundation of the rules Jacob Grimm later formulated, underlying the Germanic and High-German soundshifts. In PMM, Rask is identified as ""one of the founders of the modern science of language."" (PMM 266).
R. Rasks Danske Sproglære fra engelsk oversat af H.K. Rask. Bekostet af Selskabet for en forbedret Retskrivnings Udbredelse.
København, Poppske Offisin, 1837. 8vo. Uncut and unopened in the original blue wrappers. Internally near mint. 12,56 pp.
First Danish edition of Rask's 'Grammar of the Danish Language', translated by his half-brother H. K. Rask. This edition often appears with the variant title page stating: ""R. K. Rasks / Danske Sproglære, / fra Engelsk oversat / og indrettet til Brug for Danske."" The most significant difference between the two variants is the ""K."", short for Kristian, in Rask's name. Due to his critical thoughts on Christianity, and religion altogether, Rask stopped using 'Kristian' as a middle name. Accordingly, it is reasonable to assume that the title page of the present copy is the second title page, added later as desired by H. K. Rask. Hjelmslev I, 211.
Italiænsk Formlære, udarbejdet efter samme Plan som den spanske Sproglære. - [ASSOCIATION COPY.]
København, Schultz, 1827. 8vo. Uncut in the original blank blue wrapper (back one missing). Upper half of spine missing. Ownership signature to title page. Waterstains to the first few leaves. Contemporary underlinings in text. Handwritten note to inside of front wrapper: ""Foræret / af / Professor Rask / d. 10e August 1828"" (Given by Professor Rask 10 August 1828).
First edition of Rask's 'Italian Morphology', presumably given by Rask to an unknown recipient. Hjelmslev I, 101.
Spansk Sproglære efter en ny Plan. - [PRESENTATION COPY.]
København, Beekens Forlag, 1824. 8vo. Uncut in the original gift cardboard binding covered in green glazed paper. Tears and loss of paper to spine. Book block split in two. Printed on good paper, internally clean. Inscribed by Rask to inside of front board: ""Højvelbårne Hr. Etatsråd / Notarius Publicus Olsen / ærbødigst / fra / Forfatteren"". The inscription is later crossed out, presumably by Rask. 22,226 pp.
Beautiful presentation copy of the first edition of Rask's Spanish grammar, presumably inscribed to Gottsche Hans Olsen (1760-1829) although he probably never received the copy. Hjelmslev I, 49.
Ottars og Ulfsteens korte Reiseberetninger med dansk Oversættelse, kritiske Anmærkninger og andre Oplysninger, af R. Rask.
Kjöbenhavn, Seidelin, 1815. 8vo. Uncut in the original printed cardboard binding. Spine worn and torn. (4),336 pp. (Rask's piece: 1-132).
First printing, published in 'Det skandinaviske Litteraturselskabs Skrifter. Ellevte Aargang.', of Rask's translation Ottar's and Ulfsten's travel books, constituting the first Danish translation of these works. Hjelmslev I, 17.
Anvisning till Isländskan eller Nordiska Fornspråket. Från Danskan öfversatt och omarbetad af Författaren.
Stockholm, A. Wiborgs Forlag, 1818. 8vo. Bound in a contemporary half calf binding with gilt spine. Gilt title label to spine. Ownership signature to front free endpaper. Insignificant water stains to top margin of the first few leaves and plate. Few scattered brownspots, otherwise internally clean. XXVIII,298,(2) pp + 1 engraved plate.
First Swedish edition, published the same year as the original Danish edition, of Rask's main work 'Undersögelse om det Gamle Nordiske eller Islandske Sprogs Oprindelse'. This treatise constitutes a founding work, not only in Nordic Philology, but also in comparative linguistics altogether. For the first time, Rask emphasised the importance of examining similarities in grammatical structure as opposed to etymology in comparative linguistics. Independently of Rask, the German linguist Jacob Grimm took a similar approach in his 'Deutsche Grammatik' published in 1819. Hjelmslev I, 27.
Italiænsk Formlære, udarbejdet efter samme Plan som den spanske Sproglære.
København, Schultz, 1827. Lille 8vo. Samtidigt hshirtbd. Rygforgyldning og forgyldt titel. 12,74,(1) pp. Spredte brunpletter. Af en tilskrift på fribladet fremgår, at bogen er overrakt som gave af Rask. ""Föræret af besta Vännen Broder R.K. Rask. 1832./ J.R.Burd""
Originaludgaven. - Rask Bibliografi I,101.
Vejledning til det Islandske eller gamle Nordiske Sprog. [Guide to the Icelandic or Old Nordic Language].
København, Schubothes Forlag - J.R. Thiele, 1811. Lidt senere hldrbd. Ophøjede bind. Rygforgyldning. Forgyldt titelfelt. LVI,282,(4) pp. Brunplettet p.g.a. papirkvaliteten.
Originaludgaven af Rasks epokeskapende arbejde.The first edition of Rask's seminal first work, ""the first of an important series of publications which qualify Rask as one of the founders of modern science of language."" (PMM 266). - Rask Bibliografi I,12. - Fiske I,482.
Ræsonneret Lappisk Sproglære efter den Sprogart, som bruges af Fjældlapperne i Porsanger-Fjorden i Finmarken. En Omarbejdelse af Knud Leem's Lappiske Grammatica.
København, Schubothe, 1832. 8vo. Bound uncut in a later marbled cardboard binding with gilt title label to spine. Carl S. Petersen's signature to front free endpaper. Hole in title page neatly restored, not affecting text. Scattered brownspots, otherwise clean. 16,287,(1) pp.
The First edition of Rask's Lappish grammar. Rask was the first to classify Lappish as a non-indo-european language. The present copy belonged to the renowned Danish librarian and scholar Carl S. Petersen (1873-1958) and carries his signature to front free endpaper. Hjelmslev I, 199.
Vejledning til det Islandske eller gamle Nordiske Sprog.
København, Schubothes Forlag - J.R. Thiele, 1811. 8vo. Bound in a slightly worn contemporary half calf binding with gilt spine. Gilt title to spine. Edges worn. Brownspotted. LVI,282,(6) pp.
First edition of Rask's seminal first work, ""the first of an important series of publications which qualify Rask as one of the founders of modern science of language."" (PMM 266). The work constitutes the first thorough treatise of the Icelandic language. Hjelmslev I, 12" Fiske I, 482.
Locmani Sapientis Fabulæ 40. Recensuit et in usum prælectionum edidit Erasmus Rask.
Hafniæ, Schubothe,1831. 8vo. Bound with the original blue wrappers in a later half cloth binding. Brownspotted and scattered notes in pencil. 28,8 pp.
The first edition of Rask's edition of Luqman's fables. Hjelmslev I, 184.
Undersögelse om det Gamle Nordiske eller islandske Sprogs Oprindelse. Et af det Kongelige Danske Videnskabers=Selskab kronet Prisskrift.
Kjöbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1818. Smukt senere hldrbind med ophøjede bind på ryggen. Rygforgyldning. Forgyldt skindtitel. XII,312 pp., 1 planche. Rent velbevaret eksemplar på trykpapir.
Originaludgaven af Prisskriftet, Rasks hovedværk, og et grunlæggende arbejde i Nordisk Sprogvidenskab.First edition of Rask's main work, a founding work in Nordic Philology as he was the first to study the ancient Nordic languages systematically and discovered the correspondance of consonant relations between the Indo-European languages which led Jacob Grimm to formulate the rules underlying the Germanic as well as the High-German sound-shifts.Rask Bibliografi I,24. - Fiske I,482.
Angelsaksisk Sproglære tilligemed en kort Læsebog.
Stokholm, Wiborg, 1817. 8vo. Bound in a magnificent contemporary half calf binding, presumably a gift binding, with richly gilt spine. Gilt borders to boards. All edges gilt. Ownership signature to front free endpaper. Few scattered brownspots, otherwise clean. (8),168 pp. + 1 plate.
A beautiful copy of the first edition of Rask's 'Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Tongue', which constitutes the founding of the scientific study of Old English. Hjelmslev I, 23.
Sýnishorn af fornum og nýjum norrænum ritum i sundrlausri og samfastri rædu. Id est specimina Literaturæ Islandicæ veteris & hodiernæ prosaicæ & poëticæ, magnam partem anecdota, edidit Erasmus Chr. Rask.
Holmiæ, Imnelius, 1819. 8vo. Bound in a contemporary full cloth binding with gilt spine. Water stains to first and last leaves. Scattered brownspots. 8,286,(2) pp.
First edition. Hjelmslev I, 28 Fiske I, 483 Klose, 4197.
Über das Alter und die Echtheit der Zend-Sprache und des Zend-Avesta, und Herstellung des Zend-Alphabets nebst einer Übersicht des gesammten Sprachstammes" übersetzt von Friedr. Heinrich von der Hagen. Mit einer Schrifttafel.
Berlin, Duncker und Humblot, 1826. 8vo. Uncut in contemporary marbled wrappers. Spine neatly restored with matching marbled paper. Stamps to verso of title page. Scattered brownspots. VIII,80 pp. + 1 engraved folded plate.
First German edition of Rask's important treatise ""Om Zendsprogets og Zendavestas Ælde og Ægthed"", published same year as the Danish edition. Hjelmslev I, 96.
Historien om de Ti Vezirer og hvorledes det gik dem med Kong Azád Bachts Sön. Oversat af Arabisk til Nyårsgave for 1829 ved R. Rask.
København, Schultz, 1829. 8vo. Bound in a contemporary half calf binding with gilt and blindstamped spine. Gilt title label to spine. Insignificant wear to edges and corners. Exlibris pasted to inside of front board and ownership signature to front free enpaper. Brownspotted. (6),158,(1) pp.
First edition. Hjelmslev II, 245.
Kortfattet Vejledning til det oldnordiske eller gamle islandske Sprog.
København, Reitzel og v. Maack, 1832. 8vo. Uncut in the original blue wrappers. Housed in a half calf slipcase with four raised bands and gilt title to spine. Wear and tears to capitals and edges of wrappers. Ownership signature title page and handwritten list of abbreviations to verso of title page. Some brownspots, otherwise internally clean. (4),76 pp.
First edition of Rask's short introduction to Old Norse. Hjelmslev I, 197.
Den ældste Hebraiske Tidsregning indtil Moses, efter Kilderne på ny bearbejdet og forsynet med et Kårt over Paradis. - [PRESENTATION COPY.]
København, Schultz, 1828. 8vo. Uncut in the original blank blue front wrapper (later back wrapper). Wrappers loose. Somewhat brownspotted. Inscribed by the author to the inside of front wrapper: ""Velærværdige / Hr. Pastor Westergård / med en venskabelig Hilsen / fra / Forfatteren."" (Pastor Westergård, friendly regards from the author). 16,139,(1) pp. + 1 engaved folded plate.
Presentation copy of the first edition of Rask's 'Hebrew Chronology'. The present copy is inscribed to the renowned Danish linguist and orientalist Niels Ludvig Westergaard (1815-1878). Hjelmslev I, 130.
Kort Anvisning till Fornnordiska Språket. Öfversättning med några förändringar och tillägg. (Bound with 'Jomsvikinga Saga, oversat af Carl Christian Rafn', København, 1824).
Lund, Berlingska, 1838. 8vo. Bound in a contemporary blue cardboard binding with handwritten title label. Wear to capitals and edges of spine. Brownspotted. (2),IV,112 pp.
First Swedish and slightly revised edition of Rask's ""Kortfattet Vejledning til det oldnordiske eller gamle islandske Sprog"", first published in 1832. Hjelmslev I, 214.
