Kavel 1008
1008
KATE, L. ten. Aenleiding tot de kennisse van het verhevene deel der Nederduitsche sprake. Amst., 1723. 2 vols. (46), 744; (8), 748, (2) pp. W. engr. ti. & 2 engr. headpieces by J. Goeree & 1 fold. map of Europe w. cold. isoglosses. 4°. Cont. blind tooled vellum w. raised bands. (A bit browned/foxed, old name entry on free endpaper, else a fine set).
Containing the first scientific etymological dictionary of (a part of) the Dutch language (vol. 2, pp. 103-748). Ten Kate (1674-1731), discovered the so-called sound-shifting in the Germanic languages by investigating the consonant changes almost a century before the German linguist Jacob Grimm laid down his theory on the same subject (which became known as Grimm's law) in 1822. - Claes 191; NNBW V, 295-6: "meesterwerk (...) vlot en zuiver van stijl (...) een der grondleggers van de historisch-vergelijkende taalstudie (...)".€ 150
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