COURT DE GÉBELIN (Antoine). Histoire naturelle de la parole, - Lot 242

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COURT DE GÉBELIN (Antoine). Histoire naturelle de la parole, - Lot 242
COURT DE GÉBELIN (Antoine). Histoire naturelle de la parole, ou Précis de l'origine du langage et de la grammaire universelle. Paris, chez l'auteur, e.a., 1776. In-8°, 400 pp. Engraved frontispiece and folding plate in color, glazed blond calf, spine with 5 false-nerves, t.p. in havana morocco, cold roulette and black fillet on the covers with small gilt iron at the corners, gilt roulette on the necks and chasses, marbled edges (Thouvenin-Jeune). First separate edition of this treatise from Le Monde primitif. The fold-out plate engraved in color by Gauthier d'Agoty père, the first color edition, shows the tongue, larynx and voice organs. All languages were originally hieroglyphic, with vowels representing sensations and consonants ideas. Brunet, II, 1516. Missing folding plate of primitive alphabets; small calf loss on lower cover.
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