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Auction archive: Lot number 31

Sch�rmann (Clamor Wilhelm).

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$255 - US$383
Price realised:
£160
ca. US$204
Auction archive: Lot number 31

Sch�rmann (Clamor Wilhelm).

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$255 - US$383
Price realised:
£160
ca. US$204
Beschreibung:

A Vocabulary of the Parnkalla Language. Spoken by the Natives inhabiting the Western shores of Spencer's Gulf. To which is prefixed a Collection of Grammatical Rules, Hitherto Ascertained, 1st edition, Adelaide: George Dehane, 1844, half-title to second part, some dampstaining and toning, later marbled boards, slim 8vo Ferguson 3898. In 1840 Teichelmann & Sch�rmann had published their Outlines of a Grammar, Vocabulary and Phraseology of Aboriginal Language of South Australia, which centred on the spoken language around Adelaide and was of little use to settlers in the Port Lincoln area. In this volume Sch�rmann resolved the issue. The printer's errata amounts to 1� pages and the author's name is spelt incorrectly as 'Sh�rmann'. The dediction is to George Grey, Governor of South Australia. (1)

Auction archive: Lot number 31
Auction:
Datum:
14 Jun 2017
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
Beschreibung:

A Vocabulary of the Parnkalla Language. Spoken by the Natives inhabiting the Western shores of Spencer's Gulf. To which is prefixed a Collection of Grammatical Rules, Hitherto Ascertained, 1st edition, Adelaide: George Dehane, 1844, half-title to second part, some dampstaining and toning, later marbled boards, slim 8vo Ferguson 3898. In 1840 Teichelmann & Sch�rmann had published their Outlines of a Grammar, Vocabulary and Phraseology of Aboriginal Language of South Australia, which centred on the spoken language around Adelaide and was of little use to settlers in the Port Lincoln area. In this volume Sch�rmann resolved the issue. The printer's errata amounts to 1� pages and the author's name is spelt incorrectly as 'Sh�rmann'. The dediction is to George Grey, Governor of South Australia. (1)

Auction archive: Lot number 31
Auction:
Datum:
14 Jun 2017
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
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