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

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

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

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

Amsterdam: Joannes van Someren and Abraham Verhoef, 1669. First edition. Folio [aster.]4 2[aster.]6, A-7D4 (= 578 leaves). [20], 1037, [99, indices and errata]pp. Title in red and black, with large printer's device depicting a rustic scene (in which two farmers engage in what must surely be a theological debate). Engraved..... More

London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1911. Ex–Library Fourth Impression. Hardcover. Quarto. viii, 1259pp. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering on cover. Decorative endpapers. "In preparation of the work now offered to the public I have availed myself of the labours of my predecessors (Forbes, Bate, Fallon). I can affirm..... More

Oxonii: E. Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1820. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Folio. (2), viii, 1792 columns, 490pp., 182 columns, 27pp. Rebacked retaining original leather boards with black-stamped ornamental ruling and leather spine laid down with gilt ruling and gilt lettering on red label of spine; reinforced with binder's tape. Marbled edges. Title page printed..... More

Leiden: Brill, 2004. Third edition. Hardcover. Octavo. cxvii, 857, (5) 858-1801pp. Pictorial glossy boards printed in color with white lettering on covers and spines. Unchanged reprint of the third edition from 1967-1995. With foreword, including earlier forewords. Transcription table, abbreviations and symbols, additions and errata at front. Double column text..... More