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

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

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

Geneva: E. Carey; Kessmann, Libraire, 1857. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. 472pp. 522pp. Green cloth over marbled boards. Some age wearing throughout binding. Corners bumped and worn. Vol.I is lacking title page. Sporadic foxing throughout not affecting text. This is a reprint from the original edition which was published between 1843-1847..... 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

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Dedicated to Herbert H. Paper by the author on front endpaper: "To my friend, my ally, and my fellow sufferer in Elamite and Oriental things. may the gods give us ..... (followed by few cuneiform letters)!! George G. Cameron." Quarto. xviii..... More

Parisiis (Paris): Typographia Regia (Imprimerie Royale), 1697. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. [18], CII, 1050 double columns (525pp). Original full calf with gold-tooling and lettering on spine. All edges red. Marbled endpapers. Engraved vignette on title page. Decorative headpiece and initials. Louis Thomassin, the famed French theologian and Oratorian, was..... More

Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxix, 744(2)pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. There are at least 3 distinct Gurage languages, possibly as many as 12, according to Leslau. It is spoken in the South Ethiopic group of Semitic. Includes articles on Gurage in..... More

Londini (London): 1646. Hardcover. Octavo. [16], 999, [71]pp (Index). Contemporary blind-ruled calf. Raised bands. Decorative head-, tailpieces and initial. Authoritative 17th century Hebrew-Latin dictionary. Age wear on binding with front board detached but present. Tail of spine rubbed. Endpapers sunned and slightly brittled along edges. Sporadic and minor foxing and..... More