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

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

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

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

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

Basileae (Basel): Ludovici König, 1640. Second edition. Hardcover. Folio (15 1/2 x 10 1/4"). [12], 2680 columns (1440pp), [64]pp (Index). Modern full brown morocco, with gilt-lettered leather label on spine. Raised bands. Decorative head-, tailpieces and initials. Begun by Johannes Buxtorf in 1609, and completed by his son in 1639..... More

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1838. First edition. Hardcover. Sm. 4to. xii,148pp. Half cloth over paper-covered boards. "A Critical Grammar of the Hebrew Language" by the same author preceded this work. Isaac Nordheimer (1809-1842) was a German-Jewish author. After emigrating to America in 1835 he became a professor of Hebrew..... More

Amstelaedami (Amsterdam): Apud J. Weststenium & G. Smith, 1738. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10 1/8 x 8"). [16], 220pp. Original full calf rebacked with modern olive cloth. Title page in red and black lettering. Title vignette. Decorative head-, tailpieces and initials. Dedication page to Sir Richard Ellys ornated with a...... More