RARE monograph on phonetic laws, written by the renowned linguist Eduard Wechssler (1869-1949) as part of the neogrammarian debate on the nature and regularity of sound change. 240x160mm. 190 pages. Grey paperback. Cover worn. Cover edges tattered/torn. Rear cover and pages 187-190 detached from binding. Spine torn and partly missing. Pages yellowing, page edges worn. [SUMMARY]: This rare work on diachronic linguistics by an eminent scholar of Romance languages has sustained some external damage, but is still in good reading condition.