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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. AN ESSAY ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF OUR POPULAR PHRASES AND NURSERY RHYMES by John Bellenden Ker (1764-1842). "New Edition" published in London in 1837 by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. Hardcover, two volumes, paper title pasted on spines, 24mo (5.5" tall). Text block good - free font endpaper has a small piece missing in both volumes. Pencil note on FFEP opposite the title page in volume 1. Small pencil note on FFEP in volume 2. Marginalia is present, mostly in pencil, but also a note in ink in volume 2. Most marginalia is scholarly in nature. Toning to edge of the text block. No inscriptions Binding good - Volume 1 top half of spine repaired. Corners bumped and rubbed. No bookplates. John Bellenden Ker (1764-1842), an English botanist, author, and editor of the "Botanical Register." His work on English nursery rhymes argued that they were actually written in "Low Saxon", a hypothetical early form of Dutch. This hypothesis is evident in here in the entry for "it rains cats and dogs" where he quotes 'Et reyn's ketse aen d'oogs' . He notes that 'et/het = it, and reyn = sheer, and ketse/ketsen/kitsen = to chase, and finally D'oogs/de oogs = the eyes.