Guthones (The Goths). Kinsmen of the Lithuanian People. A Treatise on the Gothic Ethnology, History of the Gothic Domination in Italy and Spain, Numistmatics, Language, and Proper Names. With 75 illustrations.

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Rackus, Alexander M. (1893-1965).
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Chicago, Press of Draugas Publishing Company, 1929. 8:o. 432 pp. Illustrated. Publisher’s red cloth, gilt title to spine and upper cover. Fine copy.

900 kr

First Edition. Parallel text in Lithuanian and English. The work explores Gothic history, ethnology, and numismatics to link the Baltic coast to Gothic origins, though this theory is considered discredited by mainstream scholarship, and generally rejected by historians today. Contents: The Ethnology of the Goths; The Ostrogoths (Amala-Guddae); The Balthagoths (Visigoths); Heruli (The Herulians); The Gothono-Lithuanic Glossary; Numerals; Ordinals; Examples of the Gothis declensions; Is there a genuine ‘Wulfila’s’ Moeso-Gothic Bible? The surnames of Gothono-Lithuanic origin in Greece, Italy and Spain; Conclusion (Recapitulation); Quotations from various authorities concerning the origin of the Goths; Bibliography; Index; Original Subscribers List.

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