65933X1 First published as Le latin ou l'empire d'un signe. Verso, London / New York: 2001. 346 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Francoise Waquet's enthralling history of Latin in the modern period describes the Institutional settings in which it was adopted, transmitted, promoted, defended, attacked and eventually relegated to the secondary, specialist status it had today. Her brisk but detailed history of a language many centuries dead will amuse anyone who did Latin at school and intrigue many who didn't, as well as providing an obituary of the liturgical and neo-classical Latin of the modern period. Translated into English from the French by John Howe. Includes an Index. "An original and profound reflection on the many uses of the language Joseph de Maistre called asigne european." - Le Monde des Livres ISBN: 1859846157 $43.45USD
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