Voyages

1787 · j9931 — London: G Bigg / P Elmsley / T Cadell / J Sewell. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Modern binding with new endpapers.Occasional light spotting to page edges. 1787. Second Edition. Brown leather spine on decorative papered boards. 270mm x 220mm 11" x 9". xix 255pp. Grellman was one of the earliest writers to look specifically at Gypsy life in the late eighteenth century and from an analytical viewpoint for the first time. Publishing his Dissertation on the Gipsies in 1783 Grellman focused on the language origin image and work of the Gypsies being the first to link their origin to India based on linguistics which was met with much critical acclaim in Europe. . G Bigg / P Elmsley / T Cadell / J Sewell hardcover