Author: Rev. Frederic W. Farrar, D.D. F.R.S
Title: Language and Languages Being "Chapters on Language" and "Families of Speech
Description: London , Longmans, Green and Co, 1878. Cloth. A fascinating book on linguistics with colour fold out maps and two colour tables on language to the rear. Frederic William Farrar was a cleric of the Church of England who became successively a canon of Westminster and rector of St Margaret's, Westminster, archdeacon of Westminster Abbey and the Dean of Canterbury. He was an eloquent preacher and a voluminous author. With previous owner's named bookplate to front pastedown 'William Young Macqueen&apos. In a decorative cloth binding. Externally, sound but slightly bumped. Internally, firmly bound. Bright but with scattered foxing, more pronounced to endpapers and the odd handling mark. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Keywords: Linguistics Frederic William Farrar Languages Maps Frederic William Farrar None


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