8vo - 22.5 x 15 cm.; xiii - 344 pp. Part of the series, Foundations of Linguistics. Contents: Preface, Introduction, Romance Languages and Their Distribution, Latin in Early Italy, Spread and Differentiation of Latin, Post-Latin ("Superstratum") Languages, Rise of Romance Standard Languages, Humanistic Influences and Cultural Interchanges, Purism and Academicism, Changes in Social Structure, Changes in Channels of Communication, History of Romance Linguistics, References, Index. Author was Professor of Linguistics at Cornell University. Footnotes, Reference section is quite extensive at 80 pages in length. Maroon cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Minor rubbing, bit of soiling on boards, minor foxing on text block edges; binding sturdy, text pages clean.