8vo. 498 pp., text in several languages, b/w plates, 1 map, cloth in d/w, index, biblio, jacket torn at top spine, otherwise copy clean & in mint condition, Bibliotheca Orientalis Hungarica Volume XVII, Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 1971.

Synopsis

The book comprises studies on the philological and historical aspects of the ancient Turks, Middle Turcic (Chatagay and Kipchak) and Uyghur philology, Turcic linguistics and folklore, Ottoman literature and history. 20 Hungarian and 20 foreign (American, French, English, German, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Japanese & Checkoslavian) scholars have contributed to this volume, with articles embracing a wide range of themes, both Turcological and Altaic. [Jacket].