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DORPH, NIELS VINDING P.
De jydske Zigeunere og en rotvelsk Ordbog.
Kiøbenhavn, Gyldendal, 1837. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. Wear to spine and back board. Embossed stamp to title-page and stamp to last page. First and last leaf reinforced in margin, internally with occassional brownspotting. (2), 64 pp.
Reference : 62757
The rare first edition of this dictionary distributed to police officers in Jutland to serve as an interrogation tool against “Rotvælsk” (Romanian-Romani) speaking individuals, with the aim of helping the authorities to understand and control the alleged “wild nature” of these groups.
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