Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in February, March, April, & May, 1863 : Second Series : with Thirty-one Wood Cuts |
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| Title | Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in February, March, April, & May, 1863 : Second Series : with Thirty-one Wood Cuts |
| Author | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Publisher | Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864 |
| Length | 600 pages |
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