JOSEPH ALLEINS GRUNDLEGUNG ZUM THATIGEN CHRISTENTHUM AUS DEM ENGLISCHEN UBERSETZT.
Lancaster: 1796. 12mo, 332pp, scattered spotting. Original leather (chipped along spine). Good+. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 29965. Arndt 1037. More
LANGUAGE
A COMPLETE GERMAN GRAMMAR, IN TWO PARTS. THE FIRST PART CONTAINING THE THEORY OF THE LANGUAGE THROUGH ALL THE PARTS OF SPEECH; THE SECOND PART IS THE PRACTICE IN AS AMPLE A MANNER AS CAN BE DESIRED...THE SECOND AMERICAN EDITION. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED RULES FOR PRONUNCIATION AND SPELLING.
Philadelphia: Charles Cist, 1793. [ii], 285, [1 blank], [2 Index] pp. Pages 213, 266 numbered incorrectly as issued; page 59 correctly numbered. Light fox, light wear, light tan. Bound in original brown sheep, rebacked with pale leather spine, new endpapers. Good+. A scarce German grammar. The first American edition issued..... More
"TO THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF FELLOWS TO REVISE THE COURSE OF STUDIES IN BROWN UNIVERSITY, THE PROFESSOR OF THE LATIN & GREEK LANGUAGES & LITERATURE BEGS LEAVE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING REPORT IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTIONS WHICH THEY HAVE PROPOSED..."
[Providence, RI? c. 1840]. [8] pp, written on two folded folio sheets in ink manuscript. A couple of closed tears, repaired with a few letters affected. This is likely Elton's draft of a final Report, as it has lines which have been crossed out and replaced with others. Very Good..... More
DISSERTATIO PHYSIOLOGICA INAUGURALIS, DE CAUSIS RESPIRATIONIS EJUSDEMQUE EFFECTIBUS; QUAM, SUB MODERAMINE VIRI ADMODUM REVERENDI JOHANNIS EWING, S.S.T.P. UNIVERSITATIS PENNSYLVANIENSIS PRAEFECTI...
Philadelphiae: Prichard et Hall, 1789. [4], iv, 34 pp. Disbound, some toning and light foxing. Dedicated to John Ewing. Good+. Evans 21716. Austin 345. More
YR AMERICAN, YR HWN SYDD YN CYNNWYS NODAU AR DAITH O DDYFFRYN OHIO.
Llanrwst [Wales]: 1840. 12mo. 48pp. Stitched in original printed green wrappers. Generously margined, uncut, lightly toned, Very Good, in a modern cloth folding case. Thomas Streeter, who thought this piece was unrecorded, wrote: "I have not been able to learn anything about Chidlaw beyond the fact that Thomson 184 [also..... More
Y RHYFEL CARTREFOL YN AMERICA. HANES BRWYDR Y BULL RUN, Y GYNTAF O'R YMLADDFEYDD GWAEDLYD A FUL RHWNG YR UNDEBWYR A'R CYNGHREIRIAID YN YSTOD Y RHYFEL A FU RHYNGDDYNT O 1861 HYD 1865.
Caernarfon, Wales: H. Humphreys. [@, 1865]. [2], 12, [2 advt] pp. Bound in modern wrappers. Very Good. The head of the title reads 'Rhif 78. Llyfrau Ceiniog Humphreys Caernarfon...' OCLC 13367468 [1- Lincoln Pres. Lib.] as of January 2020. Not in Eberstadt, Decker, Nevins, Sabin, Dornbusch, Nicholson. More
O.K. OLL FOR KLEVELAND "AND AGAINST THE BLOODY HAND." THE CONTRAST.
[Hartford? 1844]. Folio broadside, 12-1/4" x 18." Printed in a variety of fonts and styles, in two columns separated by a rule. Old folds, slight fold crimp, fold splits repaired archivally. Else Very Good. This rare, evidently unrecorded broadside bitterly attacks Henry Clay, the Whig candidate for President, as "a..... More
CARTAS CRITICAS SOBRE VARIAS QUESTIONES ERUDITAS, CIENTIFICAS, PHYSICAS, Y MORALES, A LA MODA Y AL GUSTO DEL PRESENTE SICLO, ESCRITAS EN IDIOMA TOSCANO POR EL ABOGADO JOSEF ANTONIO COSTANTINI:TRADUCELAS AL CASTELLANO DON ANTONIO REGUART. TOMO NOVENO. CON LICENCIA, Y PRIVILEGIO.
Madrid: En la Imprenta de Blas Román, donde se hallará, 1778. 4" x 6". [6], 448 pp, with the half title. Volume 9 of a 12 volume set. Bound in contemporary vellum [light wear]. Wormed on last 12 leaves [loss of a few letters from each page], else Very Good..... More
ESPOSICION PRESENTADA AL EXMO. SR. PRESIDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA, DE LOS SERVICIOS PRESTADOS POR EL CORONEL DE EJERCITO D. JUAN DOMINGUEZ. [Translates: EXPOSITION PRESENTED TO HON. SR. PRESIDENT OF THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC, OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY ARMY COL. D. JUAN DOMINGUEZ].
Mexico: Impreso por Santiago Perez, Calle del Angel, numero 2, 1839. 23, [1 blank] pp, disbound. Light tanning, light scattered foxing. Good+ to Very Good. OCLC 13975454 [3] [as of October, 2014]. More
SOME GOSPEL TREASURES, OR THE HOLIEST OF ALL UNVAILING; DISCOVERING YET MORE THE RICHES OF GRACE AND GLORY TO THE VESSELS OF MERCY, UNTO WHOM IT IS GIVEN TO KNOW THE MYSTERIES OF THAT KINGDOM, AND THE EXCELLENCY OF SPIRIT POWER TRUTH ABOVE LETTER FORMS SHADOWS IN SEVERAL SERMONS, PREACHED AT KENSINGTON AND ELSEWHERE.
Germantown: Christopher Sower, 1757. 4to. Two volumes in one, as issued: xi, [1 blank], 268, 280 pp. Bound in original sheep [some rubbing, but a firm binding]. Light to moderate foxing, Good+. The first edition issued from London in 1657. This is its first American printing. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans..... More
ENGRAVED, ILLUSTRATED BAPTISM CERTIFICATE IN GERMAN LANGUAGE ANNOUNCING THE BIRTH OF JACOB HINNERSCHITZ ON 11 FEBRUARY 1807, SON OF HEINRICH AND MAGDALEHNA HINNERSCHITZ, IN BERKS COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.
Berks County PA: C.F. Egelmann, 1807. 12-1/2" X 15-1/2." Baptism certificate in a wooden frame, engraved by C.F. Egelmann. Light foxing to the margins. Illustrated with several religious images, as well as iconic Screaming Eagle illustration, with "E Pluribus Unum." Very Good. With the legend, in German, "Go forth in..... More
HISTOIRE DES ETATS-UNIS SUIVIE DE L'HISTOIRE DE LA LOUISIANE, PAR MADAME M.D. GIRARD (NEE DRIVON DE PERRY.) INSTITUTRICE A LA NOUVELLE-ORLEANS DEPUIS 1847. L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE, LA GLOIRE, ET LA PROSPERITE DES ETATS.
Nouvelle-Orleans: Imprimerie Franco-Americaine, rue de Chartres, 102. Eug. Antoine, Proprietaire, 1881. 46, [2 blanks], [2], 38, [2 blanks] pp. Bound in original stiff paper wrappers, with title printed on front wrapper in pink paper. Front endpapers with remnants of bookplate removal. Text entirely in French, clean and crisp. Except as..... More
ELEMENTS OF THE CHALDEE LANGUAGE, INTENDED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE HEBREW GRAMMARS, AND AS A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE ARAMEAN DIALECTS.
New York: Printed for D.A. Borrenstein, at 94 William-Street, 1823. 23pp, disbound, lightly tanned. Very Good. Harris, professor of Hebrew at Hoxton Academy, demonstrates the differences between Chaldee and Hebrew for readers of the dialects. He states, "No such publication-- so far as the compiler's knowledge extends-- is extant in..... More
LECTURES ON THE GEOGRAPHY OF ANCIENT GREECE: WITH SOME NOTICE OF THE HISTORY OF THE INDIVIDUAL STATES. BY... PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT LANGUAGES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
Charlottesville: Moseley & Tompkins, 1834. 68, [1]pp. Stitched. Contemporary plain wrappers [front wrap loose]. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. Harrison says this pamphlet was "printed from manuscript Lectures delivered to the Senior Greek Class in this University. They are intended to serve the purpose of a text for my own..... More
ILLUSTRISSIMO JACOBO BOWDOIN, ARMIGERO , LL.D. GUBERNATORI; THOMAE CUSHING, ARMIGERO, LL.D. VICE-GUBERNATORI; CONSILIARIIS ET SENATORIIBUS U.S. REIPUBLICAE MASSACHUSETTENSIS ... THESES HASCE, JUVENIS IN ARTIBUS INITIATI... HABITA IN COMITIIS UNIVERSITATIS, CANTABRIGIAE, MASSACHUSETTENSIS, DE JULII XIX ANNO SALUTIS MDCCLXXXVI.
Bostoniae: Typis Edmundi Freeman, 1786. Folio broadside, 15-1/2" x 22", in three columns beneath title and names of graduates. The entire broadside bordered by a rule. Old folds, small chip from each of the blank upper corners. Very Good. The names of the approximately sixty graduates are listed in Latin..... More
A PICTURE BOOK FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.
Philadelphia: Published by Kimber and Conrad, [1812?]. 2 1/2" x 5 1/2", in contemporary plain yellow wrappers. Title page woodcut, and 44 additional woodcuts. [24] pp. Wraps lightly dusted, Near Fine. An attractive children's book. Rosenbach 466. AI 26465 [5]. More
DIE UNTERSUCHUNG DES WAFFENSCHACHERS: EINE GEDRAENGTE VOLLSTAENDIGE ZUSAMMENSTELLUNG DES MAJORITAETS- UND MINORITAETS-REPORTS DES SENATS-COMMITTEE.
[np: 1872?]. 8pp, each in two columns, entirely printed in German Fraktur. Light spotting, printer error obscures portions of the last line of text on two pages. Translation: THE INVESTIGATION OF WEAPONS DEALING: A CONCISE COMPLETE COMPILATION OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY REPORTS OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE). Good This pamphlet..... More
CONSTITUTION DU SUPREME CONSEIL DE LA LOUISIANE.
Nouvelle-Orleans: Au Secretariat General du Supreme Conseil, 1860. Original printed glazed yellow wrappers. 23, [1 blank] pp. Light wear, Very Good. More
AN ORATION, DELIVERED BEFORE THE PBK SOCIETY, AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY MEETING, IN NEW-HAVEN, ON THE FIFTH OF DECEMBER, A. D. 1797.
Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1798. 32pp, later plain wraps. Minor scattered foxing, Very Good. This Oration rebuts the "current" notion "that a knowledge of the learned, or, as they are otherwise denominated, the dead languages, is in no way essential to the study of our own language, and, indeed, that..... More
A CRITICAL GRAMMAR OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I.
New York: 1838. xxiv, [xxxiii]-280, [2], pp [as issued], 2 folding charts [one with large pieces missing]. Original blindstamped brown cloth [boards detached, textblock loosening]. Rubberstamps on front pastedown and endpaper. Scattered foxing. A candidate for rebinding, else Good+. This is Volume I of the first edition. The advertisement after..... More
FIRST LESSON IN PHONOGRAPHY. THE ALPHABET | EXERCISES.
New York: Stereotyped by C. Davison & Co., 33 Gold St. Copyright 1847 by Andrews & Boyle, [1847]. 4to broadside, 9-1/2" x 12", text and illustrations surrounded by decorative border. Lightly foxed, Very Good. The first portion of this rare broadside is divided by a rule into two columns. The..... More
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE IROQUOIAN LANGUAGES.
Washington: 1888. Washington: 1888. 208pp, stitched in original printed wrappers [spine reinforced archivally]. Untrimmed and uncut. Very Good. 25 Decker 274. More
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE MUSKHOGEAN LANGUAGES.
Washington: 1889. 114pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers [some chipping to blank edges and spine]. Untrimmed and uncut, Very Good. 25 Decker 272. More
DIE PRASIDENTSCHAFT- WINFIELD SCOTT - FRANKLIN PIERCE...
[Washington: Towers, 1852]. 15, [1 blank] pp. Caption title [as issued]. Disbound, scattered light foxing. Good+ or so. This is the rare German-language printing of Miles 341, supporting General Winfield Scott, the last Whig presidential candidate. Franklin Pierce, his Democratic opponent, is found wanting on a number of issues. Miles..... More
HISTOIRE DU MONT VESUVE, AVEC L'EXPLICATION DES PHENOMENES QUI ONT COUTUME D'ACCOMPAGNER LES EMBRASEMENTS DE CETTE MONTAGNE. LE TOUT TRADUIT DE L'ITALIEN DE L'ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES DE NAPLES. PAR M. DUPERRON DE CASTERA. DEDIEE A MONSEIGNEUR LE DAUPHIN.
Paris: Rue S. Jacques, Chez Huart, de Monseigneus le Dauphin, a la Justice, 1741. xx, 361, [6] pp, 3 folding plates [1 chart, 2 illustrations]. Original calf [rubbed, joints beginning to crack but holding well]. Marbled endpapers. Spine decorated with gilt bands and floral patterns [old institutional gum label at..... More