RARE FIRST EDITION of a monograph on the interrelationship between medieval Judeo-Romance dialects and Romance languages, and the Old Latin versions of the Bible by the American philologist David Simon Blondheim (1884-1934). For this groundbreaking scholarly achievement first published in 1925, Blondheim was the first American to be awarded the Volney Prize from the French Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 250x165mm. CXXXVIII+247 pages. Marbled brown Hardcover with cloth spine and corners. Gilt black title label on spine. Original softcover in-bound. Rear cover and spine slightly stained. Cover edges and corners rubbed. Spine label rubbed. Spine edges and rear cover upper corner slightly bumped. Inner cover and several extreme pages age-stained. Previous owner`s (Heinrich Loewe) ex-libris sticker on front endpaper. Text-block stained. Pages browning. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare monograph on the interrelation of Jewish and Romance languages by a renowned Jewish-American linguist is in good condition.