PAASONEN, H..

Hardback, 8vo., contemporary half cloth, marbled boards, iv+155[iv]pp.. 2 sheets of Paul Fellner’s watermarked writing paper loosely inside (Budapest VI., Benczur utca 11). In very good condition, clean and tight. Heikki Antinpoika Paasonen was a Finnish linguist and ethnographer best known for his research in the linguistics and folklore of the Mokshas and the Erzyas during his two research trips to Russia.Mordvins (also Mordvinians, Mordovians, мордва, Mordvins. No equivalents in Moksha and Erzya) is an official term used in the Russian Federation to refer both to Erzyas and Mokshas since 1928.