[Rarebooks] FS: Rare German grammar of the Lower Sorbian language. Lubben: 1761

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(LINGUISTICS) Hauptmann, Johann Gottlieb. NIEDER-LANSITZCHE WENDISCHE GRAMMATICA... Lubben: Johann Michael Driemeln. 1761. 8vo. (24),490,(154)pp. Index. Title page printed in red & black. Cont. calf, somewhat worn & rubbed, but sound.	$350.00 (trade discount allowed)
First edition of a grammar for the Lower Sorbian (or Wendic) language, which is spoken only around the city of Cottbus in Brandenburg, Germany. It is a heavily endangered language with about 500 native speakers today.


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