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 28211818 [3- Harvard, U VA, VA Hist.] 13367468 [1- Lincoln Pres. Lib.] as of February 2024. Not in Eberstadt, Decker..... More
DIE VERFASSUNG DES STAATES COLORADO, VON DER CONSTITUIRENDEN CONVENTION ANGENOMMEN AM 14. MARZ 1876; SOWIE DIE ADRESSE DER CONVENTION, AN DAS VOLK VON COLORADO. ABSTIMMUNG: SAMSTAG, DEN 1. JULI 1876.
Denver, Colorado: Colorado Journal, 1876. Original printed salmon wrappers, stitched, 86pp. 'Withdrawn' rubberstamp in blank portion of first and last page. Light blindstamp on front wrapper. Else Very Good. Colorado's 1876 Constitution, entirely in the German language. Translated: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, ADOPTED BY THE CONSTITUENT CONVENTION..... 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
DIPLOMA, IN ELEGANT LATIN TYPESCRIPT, CONFERRING THE DEGREE OF "DOCTORIS IN MEDICINA" UPON GULIELMUS F. STEVENS, 1827, WITH SIGNATURES OF PRESIDENT BENNET TYLER AND OTHERS.
Folio broadside, printed on parchment, 14" x 14-1/2." Original seal on cloth ribbon retained. Light edge wear, Very Good. More
TROISIEME ERUPTION DU VOLCAN DE 1789, QUI DOIT AVOIR LIEU AVANT LA FIN DU MONDE QUI FER TREMBLER TOUS LES TRONES ET RENVERSERA UNE FOULE DE MONARCHIE.
1833. Lithograph Plate extracted from La Caricature, 6 June 1833. Light toning, mild wear. Good plus or so. "Auguste Desperret (1804-65) was a French artist who produced political cartoons and caricatures for the republican satirical weekly La Caricature, edited by Charles Philipon, which flourished briefly in France following the relaxation..... 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
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CANDLE LIGHTIN' TIME. WORDS BY PAUL LAURANCE DUNBAR. MUSIC BY S. COLERIDGE-TAYLOR.
Cincinnati: The John Church Company, [1911]. Folio, 10-7/8" x 13-3/4." Original printed title wrappers, with orange type and a rustic, uncolored scene above the title. [2], 7. [1 publisher advertisements] pp. A few inner margin closed tears, and a few light spots. Very Good. Words and music are printed. It..... More
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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 [rubbed, hinges starting, some spine leather separating]. Light age-toning and scattered light foxing. Top portion of first front free endpaper-clipped. Very Good, with contemporary ownership inscriptions in rhyme on..... 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
ALPHABET BROADSIDE WITH TRANSLATIONS OF EACH LETTER FROM ENGLISH TO HEBREW.
New York: For Sale at J. Katzenelenbogen, 35 Ludlow Street, New York, [c. 1891]. Oblong Broadside, 9" x 14." The English alphabet is printed, with each English letter in type and typescript, upper and lower case. Edge-chipped, old vertical center fold with splits not affecting text, Each English letter in..... More
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CHARTER AND BYE-LAWS OF KAAL KADOSH MICKVE ISRAEL, OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. INCORPORATED 5584.
Philadelphia: John Bioren, 1824. 24pp. Stitched in original plain wrappers [lightly dusted]. Very Good. Kestenbaum calls this the "First printing of a Charter and official incorporation of a synagogue in America." The pamphlet prints the "Constitution," which is evidently considered the "Charter." Official certifications by the Commonwealth Attorney General, Judges..... 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
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CONSTITUTION DU SUPREME CONSEIL DE LA LOUISIANE.
Nouvelle-Orleans: Au Secretariat General du Supreme Conseil, 1869. Original printed glazed yellow wrappers. 23, [1 blank] pp. Light wear, top edge uncut. Entirely in the French language. Not in Thompson. OCLC 4953870 [13] as of August 2022. 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
LEXICON CICERONIANUM MARII NIZOLII EX RECENSIONE ALEXANDRI SCOTI NUNC CREBRIS LOCIS REFECTUM & INCULCATUM. ACCEDUNT PHRASES & FORMULAE LINGUAE LATINAE EX COMMENTARIIS STEPHANI DOLETI.
Padavii: 1734. [8], 760, [4], 87, [1] pp. Folio. Title printed in red and black type. Outer blank margins with some worming after about page 700; occasionally with small intrusions into text. Vellum rebacked in modern calf. Except as noted, Very Good. This is a dictionary of Latin words used..... 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