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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1961, 1ST EDITION THUS, EARLY REPRINT,VG+/VG+Larger Format, Tiny Extremites chips wear DJ, THICK BLACK CLOTH GOLD GILT ON SPINE CVR, INDEX 397 pgs , It is a philosophical adventure story of sorts. The book involves meetings with a number of eccentric characters. It also contains what could be called ethnographic material on the customs and views of the Romani women, GYPSY GENTLEMAN, The author obtains a valuable horse from his Romani friend Jasper Petulengro and eventually sells it to a Hungarian at the Horncastle horse fair. As with Lavengro, the story ends rather abruptly with the author's realisation that the Romani language has close links to the Northern Indian languages: he resolves to travel to India but Borrow himself did not do so.…

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8vo (106 x 158 mm). 177, (1) pp., final blank leaf. Contemporary brown calf, spine with gilt-lettered red morocco label. All edges sprinkled blue. A translation of the Gospel of Luke into the Caló language of the Iberian Roma (Gitanos), the first substantial book to be published in any Romani tongue. The work of the British linguist and translator George Borrow (1803-81), this volume represents not only a milestone in the study of the Romani languages, but an attempt to build a cultural bridge to a marginalised community. "The Committee sanctioned the printing of a small edition (250 copies) of this Gospel, which was published at Madrid in March 1838, but they required the omission of a bilingual vocabulary which the translator proposed to append to the text" (Darlow/M.). - Borrow had a deep-seated sympathy for the Roma, whom he had first encountered in Moscow in 1835. He quickly developed a lifelong fascination with the language, customs and music, and sought them out both at home in Britain and abroad. In addition to Romani, Borrow translated the Bible into Basque and Manchu on his travels, which were funded by the British and Foreign Bible Society. Romani remained his greatest passion, however, and he would go on to produce a dictionary of the language as well as novels inspired by his encounters with the Roma. - Originating in the Indian subcontinent, the Romani language was carried westwards from around 1000 CE, probably via waves of migration through the Persian and Byzantine empires to Europe. Leading an itinerant lifestyle, the Roma have been widely discriminated against and persecuted. Although belonging to the Indo-Aryan family, the Romani language bears the imprint of the long trek, with notable Persian, Armenian, and Balkan features. As it was traditionally a purely oral language, Borrow's translation is the first book-length literary monument to Romani. - A vital monument to the Romani tongues, elegantly bound, and a rarity on the market, with the only copies offered at auction in the last 50 years appearing in 1993 and 1992. - Boards somewhat worn and lightly scuffed, corners bumped. Interior overwhelmingly clean and clear with no signs of use, very good condition. - French private collection. - Darlow/Moule 4542. G. F. Black, A Gypsy Bibliography (Edinburgh, 1914), 11.…

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