Sammelband from the Library of Hermann Collitz (1855-1935)

Hardcover. Contemporary red cloth over marbled boards. Titles include: Das alte Merseburger Todtenbuch by Ernst Dummler, Halle 1867, 42p; Grammatik der altesten Mundart Merseburgs 1. Der Vokalismus by Hugo Hartmann, Norden 1890 30p; Die Stellung von Subject und Pradicatsverbum im Helland by John Ries, Strasburg 1880 127p; Helland und Tatian. Inaugural-Dissertation by Eduard Lauterburg, 1896 34p; Zeitschrift fur Deutsches Alterthum und Deutsche Litteratur by Edward Schroeder und Gustav Roethe, Berlin 1894 26p; De Umlaut in Oudsaksiese en Oudnederfrankiese geschriften by C.A. Pekelharing Arnheim 1897 88p; Die Schwellformen des Verstypus in der altsachsischen Bibeldictung by Hermann Saftien, Bonn 1898; Der heliand und die altsachsische Genesis by Otto Behaghel Glessen 1902 48p; On cetain diphthongs in the Heliand by Margerethe Urdahl 115-154p. (signed dedication to Dr Collitz on the front wrapper). Studies uber die o-Verba im Altsachsischen by Ivar Hortling, Helsingfors 1907 114p; The Journal of English and Germanic Philology Vol VI No. 3 April The University of Illinois, 1907 471-478p; Der jetzige Stand der Heliandforschung by Dr. A. Conrad, Hadamar 1909 20p; Der Wortschatz des Heliand und seine Bedeutung fur die Heimatfrage by Gertrud Geffcken, Marburg 1912, 92p. Some of the works have contemporary annotations in the margins in pencil. Dr. Collitz was an eminent German historical linguist who spent much of his career in the United States. Includes Hermann Collitz bookplate on the inside front board. A well preserved copy with an interesting provenance. Very Good. Item #6917

8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Price: $150.00

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