RARE comprehensive monograph on Indo-European vocabulary by Émile Benveniste (1902-1976) - an influential French structural linguist and semiotician best known for his work on Indo-European languages and his expansion of the linguistic paradigm established by Ferdinand de Saussure. 220x145mm. 579 pages. Maroon cloth Hardcover with gilt front cover and spine. Cover and spine rubbed, fading and slightly dirty. Cover corners and spine edges bumped. Spine upper edge worn. Few pages upper corner slightly bumped/wrinkled. Previous owner`s name written in pen on front whitepage upper edge. Title page grease-stained and slightly rubbed. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare comprehensive and comparative analysis of key social behaviors and institutions across Germanic, Romance-speaking, Greco-Roman, and Indo-Iranian cultures, written by the preeminent authority in the field, is in good condition.