Vienna: Michael Zimmermann, 1555. First edition. Paperback. Small quarto: A-G4 (= 28 unnumbered leaves; text reads from right to left). Title in red and black; text in Syriac (with vocalized Hebrew and Latin transliteration) and Latin, mostly formatted in two columns per page; full page woodcut armorial device at recto..... More
Paris: Antoine Vitré, 1629. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Signed: a4, e2, A-3B6, 3C4 (= 298 leaves). [12], 584pp. Paginated from right to left. Full title and imprint in both Hebrew and Latin, with woodcut printer's device; title within decorative letterpress border; woodcut lettrines and head-pieces; printed marginalia. Text in two..... More
London: William Jones, 1637. Hardcover. Two parts, folio. [pi]1 [para.]1 A-2L4 Mm6 2N4 (= 148 leaves) [4], col. 559 [i.e. 544]; [20]pp. Title within ornate woodcut border; woodcut lettrines and headpieces. Contemporary calf, borders ruled in blind; gilt spine with raised bands; dentelles; edges stained red; brass clasps and catches..... More
Basel: Johann Froben, 1527. First edition. Paperback. Small quarto: a-z, A-2H4, 2I6 (=222 leaves). [8], 434, [2]pp. Recent wrappers. Mild embrowning at margins, light dampstain at final leaves, else a fresh, clean copy. First edition of Sebastian Münster's Aramaic-Latin dictionary to the Targumim and Rabbinic literature. The first Aramaic dictionary..... More
Rome: Stefano Paolini, 1622. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Signed: a-b4, A-4I4 (= 320 leaves; 3E1-2 signed 3F1-2). [16]pp., 944 cols., [152, index]pp. Title in Syriac and Latin, with woodcut ecclesiastical device. Pagination and register read from right to left. Text in two columns, with double ruled borders throughout. Contemporary mottled..... More
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Basel: Robert Winter, 1541. First Latin Edition. Hardcover. Sammelband of two works published in 1541 and 1542, quarto. 479, [1, blank], [14, index, colophon and device], [2, blank]; 26, [20, index, colophon, and device], [2, blank]pp. Fine woodcut printer’s device depicting Athena at verso final index leaf in both works;..... More
[Venice]: Apud Ioannem de Gara (Giovanni di Gara), 1587. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. Paginated double sided leaves throughout: 5, [1], 238, 5-62 leaves. Period dark brown mottled leather boards with gilt lettering over a brown label on the spine. Raised bands. Speckled edges of the book block in red..... More
Lyon: Sebastien Gryphius, 1529. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. [16]ff., 7152 [i.e., 2752] col., [2]ff. Woodcut historiated title border and large historiated initial at first page of the dedication; Hebrew lettrines at each section; printed marginalia; printer’s device at colophon. Text in two columns. Modern leatherette (laminated over an earlier binding..... More
Amsterdam: Steven Jacobus Baalde, 1769–1778. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. Ca. 8000pp. Published with 282 plates, ours with 267, one folding chart. Original half calf over marbled boards with gilt ruling and lettering on spine. Engraved frontispiece missing. This extraordinary and only edition of the woordenboek (encyclopedia), still valued for its..... More
[Venice]: Apud Ioannem de Gara (Giovanni di Gara), 1587. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. Paginated double sided leaves throughout: 5, [1], 5-62, 238 leaves. Recased in its original period vellum binding, and reinforced with new endpapers. Introductory text in Latin dedicates the book to Pope Sixtus V, and includes his..... More
Basel: Ludwig König, 1639. First edition. Hardcover. Folio in fours: [asterisk in parens]6, A-8N4, 8O6 (= 708 leaves); [12]pp., 2680 columns (1391-1392 omitted; 1997-1998 repeated), [64 = index and emendanda]pp. Engraved portrait; extra engraved title page. Woodcut printer's device at letterpress title; woodcut head- and tail-pieces, initials; letterpress ornamentation. Contemporary..... More
Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden): Apud Samuelem Luchtmans, et Filium, 1746-1766. Hardcover. Large folio. 2 volumes. Ex Libris "Herbert Wilson Greene", signature of same in both vols. on free front endpaper, date 1889. [10], xl, [76], engraved frontispiece of Johannes Alberti "F. Decker, pinx - 1742. Exudit Samuel Luchtmans. I. Houbraken sculps..... More
Lisbon: Joseph da Costa Coimbra, 1756. Hardcover. 8vo. 428pp. Original full calf with floral decorations stamped in gold on spine. Speckled page edges, as issued. Ornamental woodcut on title-page. Woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Free front endpaper missing. Water staining on top right margin starting on page 228 through rear..... More
Warsaw: Ksiegarni F. Hoesicka/ Ksiegarnia Hösicka, 1922 (1923)*. First edition. Softcover. Duodecimo. (vi) [2] 11-126pp. [2]. Original grey-green photo-illustrated wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. This obscure and intriguing work offers a comprehensive compiled dictionary of hundred of words of jargon used by Polish criminals and prison inmates..... More
Paris: Chez l'Auteur; Barrois, l'Ainé; Eberhart, 1815-16. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XLVIII, 197, 138, 348, [2]pp. Uncut. Two volumes in marbled-paper covered slipcases. Full green morocco with gold tooled decoration on each board, spine and along edges. Gilt lettering on spines. Raised bands. Dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Original wrappers bound in..... More
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. Light soiling to vellum. Mild toning at edges, a few old annotations, else a fine collection in a handsome Dutch binding..... More
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London: Thomam Roycroft, 1661. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [16], 560 col. (280pp), [40]pp (Index). 3/4 leather over cloth with gold lettering and borders on spine. Wolf Leslau's ex-libris on inside of front board. Title-page in red and black lettering. Engraved vignette on additional title-page. Decorative headpieces and initials. Hiob Ludolf..... More
Vienna: Carld Gerold und Sohn, 1851. First edition. Softcover. Folio. (xi) [1] 80pp. Printed b/w wrappers with black lettering and decorative motifs on the front cover and spine. This first attempt at a Japanese-German dictionary, was created by German orientalist and linguist August Pfizmaier (1808-1887). Finely printed at the Armenian..... More
Amsterdam: The widow of Steven Swart / de Boers, 1708. Second edition. Hardcover. 2 parts, quarto. [24], 648, 92; [8], 680pp., extra engraved title; letterpress titles for each part in red and black. Expertly rebound in full vellum boards. Mild embrowning at early leaves, occasional faint dampstain at top margin..... More
Strasbourg: Theodosius Rihel, 1576. Hardcover. Two parts, octavo. Signed: a-z8, A-E8 (= 224 leaves); [8], 162, [4], 50ff. Woodcut printer’s device at title; divisional title at y5 verso[!]; printed marginalia; Latin text in roman and italic with occasional passages in Greek. Contemporary vellum over light-weight boards, ruled in blind and..... More
Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1975-1992. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 7 volumes. (6 vols. of double column text, arranged alphabetically, plus 1 volume of the supplements, corrections and indices). Red cloth printed in black. Occasionally illustrated with photos, text drawings, maps, ground plans and architectural elevations. Volume 1 contains 9 maps at..... 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
London: Richard Bentley, 1851-1854. First edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. xvi, 182pp., 6 fold-outs, vi, (6) 300pp., 12 fold-outs,1 sleeve with fold-out. Dark green cloth with blind-stamped ruling and gilt illustration with reverse lettering on front, gilt lettering and blind-stamped ruling on spines, with additional sleeve with gilt lettering on cover..... More
Halle: Waysen-Hause, 1711. Hardcover. Octavo. [16], 124, [10]pp. Two folding tables. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Light wear at extremities, contemporary inscription at front endleaf, printed name plate at front pastedown, manuscript library entry and faint stamp at title. Text evenly toned, light dampstain at lower margin. A good..... 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