ELCOCK, W. D. (rvsd. John N. Green) - The Romance Languages: New and Revised Edition. Revised with a New Introduction by John N. Green. The Great Languages Series. General Editor L.R. Palmer.

London, Faber and Faber, 1975. 1975 best edition. 8vo. 589 pp. original dust-wrapper, 4 maps. A very nice bright copy in original unclipped and very good dust-wrapper. Study of the emergence of the Romance languages and their crystallisation into French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian etc. and the decline of Latin. With bibliography, indices and maps. Highly recommended work. Includes Rhaeto-Romance, Balkan Romance and much on dialects and variations. Distinctive Faber dust-wrapper in red uniform with others in the series.