CASTRÉN, MATTHIAS ALEXANDER: - Grundzüge einer tungusischen Sprachlehre nebst kurzem Wörterverzeichniss. Herausgegeben von Anton Schiefner. St. Petersburg, Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1856.

. Pp. xvi, (iv), 140. Contemporary half cloth, original green printed wrappers withbound. Library stamps. A few leaves with some spotting. First edition. Castrén, renowned Finnish linguist, made several journeys to Siberia, Russia and Lapland for linguistic and ethnographical studies. His scientific works were published after his death by Schiefner supported by the Scientific Academy in Petersburg under the series title "Nordische reisen und Forschungen" (1853-62). Important work dealing with the Tungusic languages spoken in Eastern Siberia and Manchuria. Löwendahl Supplement 1786. Zaunmüller p. 125.

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