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LEITNER, GOTTLIEB WILLIAM. The Languages and Races of Dardistan . . . Third Edition. 9 plates, comprising full-page albumen photograph of a group of Dards and 8 wood engravings, including frontispiece portrait of the author; 3 folding lithographed maps in rear cover pocket. [2], 8, [4], ii-iii, 107, [1], ii pages. 4to, 299x232 mm, modern 1/2 leather gilt, spine ends and raised bands rubbed; engraved plates toned, few small stains on title. Lahore: Government Central Book Depot, 1878
"Leitner . . . conducted a series of important ethnographical expeditions to the previously almost unexplored mountain regions of Kashmir, an area he termed 'Dardistan,' recording and attempting to classify the hitherto unknown languages of the area, tongues of great linguistic obscurity" (ODNB).
