Katsnelson, S. D. Historical-Grammatical Studies: On the History of Attributive Relations (Istoriko-grammaticheskie issledovaniya. Iz istorii atributivnykh otnosheniy), 1949. In Russian

Кацнельсон С. Д. Историко-грамматические исследования. Т. 1: Из истории атрибутивных отношений.
Москва ; Ленинград : Издательство Академии наук СССР, 1949.
384 с. Твёрдый издательский переплёт, обычный формат. Тираж 3 000 экз.
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Katsnelson, S. D. Historical-Grammatical Studies. Vol. 1: On the History of Attributive Relations (Istoriko-grammaticheskie issledovaniya).
Moscow ; Leningrad : Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1949.
384 pp. Publisher’s hardcover, ordinary format. Print run: 3,000 copies.

This 1949 monograph is a foundational work of Soviet theoretical linguistics, authored by Solomon Katsnelson, one of the most profound thinkers in the field of general and comparative-historical grammar. Published by the Academy of Sciences during a period of intense intellectual debate, this volume focuses on the evolution of attributive relations—the syntactic link between a modifier and its head—within the Indo-European language family.
Katsnelson applies a rigorous typological approach to trace how descriptive and possessive attributes evolved from ancient linguistic stages. He explores the deep connection between the development of thought and the structural changes in language, moving away from purely formal descriptions toward a functional-genetic analysis. The book is particularly noted for its treatment of the "ergative" and "nominative" stages of language development, offering insights that preceded many modern findings in syntactic typology.
Despite the high expectations for a complete series, this first volume remained the only one published, making it a complete yet solitary monument to Katsnelson's ambitious project. With a limited print run of only 3,000 copies, this edition is a rare find for linguists, historians of science, and collectors of academic literature. It remains a mandatory reference for anyone studying the origins of syntax and the historical morphology of Indo-European languages.