First edition. Volume 9 of the serial publication, Geschichte der Wissenschaften in Deutschland. Part one examines the development of German philology from the origins of the language through the late eighteenth century. Includes chapters on the Reformation, Germanic philology in the Netherlands, England and Scandanavia. Part two analyzes the works of the Romantics in the second half of the seventeenth century into the eighteenth century and the impact of the publication of Grimm's Grammatik through the nineteenth century. Loose bookplate indicates that this copy was purchased from the collection of H.P. Kraus. Hinges rubbed. Head of spine chipped. Edges of covers rubbed. Paper label on spine.