Utrecht: [various], 1665. First edition. Hardcover. Sammelband of four works, issued between 1665 and 1682, small quarto. Contemporary vellum, tooled in blind, spine with raised bands and manuscript title. Hairline crack along upper joint; light soiling to vellum; mild toning at edges, a few old annotations, else a fine collection..... More

Leiden: Joannes Maire, 1624. First edition. Hardcover. Two parts, small quarto. (a)-(b)4 A-2T4 (= 176 leaves). [16], 332 [i.e. 330, pp. 145-146 omitted from pagination; p. 149 mis-numbered 145, 153 as 149], [5, elenchus], [1, blank]pp. “Oratio de... tetragrammato” with caption title. Contemporary limp vellum; manuscript title at spine; remains..... More

Berlin, Wien: Menorah, 1919-1921. Hardcover. Octavo. 195pp. Red cloth. Contains vol. 1(1-8),vol. 2-10(no. 9-17 all published?). The Hamenorah periodical, published in Berlin and Vienna, was a semimonthly journal in Hebrew (with English Notes) for students of the spoken language. Contains Hebrew exercises, stories, photographs, sheet music and advertisements. Includes photographs..... More

Kiel: Gottfried Liebezeit, 1696. Hardcover. Small quarto. [8], 196pp. Folding table and two folding paradigm charts. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, edges stained blue, early library label at spine, contemporary inscription and faint library stamps at title, board edges worn, otherwise a very good copy, with clean marbled covers..... More

Leiden: Samuel and Johannes Luchtmans, 1767. Second Schultens edition. Hardcover. Three parts, quarto. a-r4 s2 t4 (-t4) A-4P4 (= 409 leaves). [14], cxxxii, 301, [302]-603, [1, blank], [68, indices]pp. Engraved printer’s device at title, heraldic cartouche at dedication; woodcut head- and tail-pieces, lettrines; divisional titles at 2C3 and 2P4, register..... More

Paris: Eberhart, Imprimeur du College Royal de France, 1819. Hardcover. 8vo. 24,4pp. Original blind-stamped wrappers stapled and bound in modern binding of paper-covered boards with cover plate and tan cloth spine. Discoloration to cover plate. Inside front board Ex libris of Wolf Leslau, the famous expert on Semitic languages and..... More

Oxford: Grifith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Sm. folio. (10),293,(1)pp. Indices & 11 page bibliography. Dark blue dust jacket printed in white. Black cloth, gilt. A fine, as new copy. The Demotic period of the Egyptian language was B.C.E. 650 to 450 C.E. More

Novi Devohr: Johan Anton Kriger, 1796. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 59 leaves. Heavy paper boards, chipped at corners on front cover. Judah Loeb Margolioth (1747-1811) a rabbi and a preacher, was one of the precursors of the Jewish Enlightenment movement in Eastern Europe. His books give expression to the mood..... More

Bonn-Leipzig: Kurt Schroeder, 1920. Hardcover. 4to. 147 pp. Three-quarter cloth over marbled paper boards.Front and back boards are scuffed and rubbed, otherwise good. Scarce Gypsy-Arabic word list and grammar. More

Toronto: Anglican Church of Canada, 1962. Revised. Softcover. Quarto. (15) 25 Units, unpaginated. Original yellow illustrated wrappers with brown lettering on cover. Revision and expansion of the trial material prepared for the Department of Missions of the Anglican Church of Canada. The Course is based on the concept of language..... More