Vienna: Michael Zimmermann, 1555. First edition. 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 of..... More
London: William Jones, 1637. 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 intact..... More
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Basel: Robert Winter, 1541. First Latin Edition. 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; printed..... 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. 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 with..... 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
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
Londini (London): NP, 1584. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Folio (12 1/4 x 8 1/2"). Five preliminary leaves (Title, Epistola, Annotationes, Ad lectorem), followed by 780 leaves numbered: A.1-6; B.1-6; C.1-6; D.1-6; E.1-6; F.1-6; G.1-6; H.1-6; I.1-6; K.1-6; L.1-6; M.1-6; N.1-6; O.1-6; P.1-6; Q.1-6; R.1-6; S.1-6; T.1-6; V.1-6; X.1-6; Y.1-6; Aa.1-6; Bb.1-6;..... 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
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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
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. 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 vellum; manuscript title at spine; remains of old..... 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. 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, complete..... 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
London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1886. Second edition. Hardcover. 4to. Vol. 1: xxviii, 349 pp. + Errata. Vol. 2: 523 pp. Green cloth wrapped boards with decorative Oriental motif in black on front cover. Gold lettering in Chinese on front covers, gold lettering in English on spines. Thick brown..... More
Parisii (Paris): Ex officina Roberti Stephani typographi Regii (Robert Estienne), 1548. Second edition completely revised and greatly expanded. Hardcover. Folio (13 3/4 x 10"). 1109, [1], [42]pp. (Signature: a-z8, A-Z8, Aa-Zz8, Aaa-Ccc8). Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden panels. Raised bands. Early 19th-century gold-lettered leather title label to spine. Professor Johann..... More
Paris: Robert Estienne, 1545. Editio princeps. Quarto. 216, [51] pp. Title in Greek and Latin, with woodcut printer's device. Contemporary limp vellum. Text light embrowned throughout. First two leaves holding by a single thread, else a good, clean copy, with ample margins. Editio princeps of this Byzantine elementary grammatical manual..... More
Lublin: K. U. L., 1947. First edition. Softcover. Large octavo. 46, [2]pp. Original printed wrappers. Written by Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (1905-1997), a renown Polish linguist who was interned at Auschwitz during the Nazi-occupation of Poland, this rare and unusual work relates to the linguistic dehumanization of concentration camp inmates. "Język polski..... More
Kiel: Gottfried Liebezeit, 1696. 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 and..... More
Leipzig: Johann Caspar Meyer, 1691. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 4 leaves, 268pp., 32 leaves, 3 folding tables. Contemporary vellum-backed boards with lettering on spine. Red edges. Title page in Syriac and Latin, printed in red and black with black double border. Historiated headpieces, decorative initials. Grammar of the Syriac language..... More