CURTIUS' FIRST WORK

CURTIUS, GEORGIUS.

De Nominum Graecorum formatione. Linguarum, Cognatarum ratione habita. + Festrede in Namen der Georg-Augusts-Universität zur Akademischen Preisvertheilung am IV. Juni 1864 gehalten von Dr. Ernst Curtius. + Herrn Professor Dr. Friedrich Haase wünschen Glück zum fünfundzwangigjährigen Doctor-Jubiläum am 10. Mai 1863.

Berlin, Dümmler, 1842 + Göttingen, (o.J.) + Breslau, 1863. 4to. Contemporary full cloth w. gilt spine. Some brownspotting, bue to the paper quality. VI, (2), 62 pp + 1 folded plate ("Tabula in quae praecipua suffixa comparantur, quibus sanscrita, graeca, latinaque, lingua in formandis ex radice nominibus utuntur"). + 23 pp. + 27 pp.

The very rare first edition of Curtius' first work, in which he is the first to deal properly and scientifically with the formation of the nominal stem in classical Greek.

Georg Curtius (1820-1885) is one of the leading German classicists of all times. His writings were fundamental to the study of the Greek language and are among the most profound, influential and thorough ever written. He is primarily remembered for his magnum opus, "Grundzüge der Griechischen Etymologie", which counts as one of the most important and influential works on the theory of language.

Order-nr.: 44025