THE TONGUES OF ITALY. PREHISTORY AND HISTORY

Cambridge, MA:Harvard University Press.  1958. 1st edition. xi+465pp. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Page edges are lightly soiled, otherwise a very good, clean copy, inside and out. The dust jacket is not price-clipped but lightly shelfworn along edges, still in very good condition.  *"Through the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them. But the result was always a mixture. The linguistic evolution of Italy parallels this development, and presented as part of the cultural history it becomes a colorful and exciting tale."...dj.