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Ascoli, Graziado Isaia, 1866

 File — Box: Coll-2106 - Box 1
Identifier: Coll-2106/6

Scope and Contents

Graziado Isaia Ascoli (1829-1907), Sanskritist and Semitist, Autograph Letter Signed, 1866.

1 Letter and a folio sheet.
Letter: 25 April 1866. Milan. Ascoli writes to a gentleman (whom Stumpff notes is probably a colleague) about a professional dispute with linguists Canini and Lorenz Diefenbach on the subject of Theodor Benefey's criticism of a work by Wilhelm Corssen.
Folio Sheet: notes about Ascoli made by a previous German owner.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Biographical note with a short summary of the Letter's contents.

Transcription included in the file? No.

Dates

  • Creation: 1866

Creator

Language of Materials

Italian and German

Full Extent

1 folder

Repository Details

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