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..... 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
A GRAMMAR OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE; ORIGINALLY COMPOSED FOR THE COLLEGE-SCHOOL, AT GLOUCESTER...FIRST AMERICAN FROM THE THIRD LONDON EDITION. RECOMMENDED BY THE UNIVERSITY AT CAMBRIDGE (MASS.) TO BE USED BY THOSE WHO ARE INTENDED FOR THAT SEMINARY.
Boston: Thomas & Andrews. April, 1800. 12mo, contemporary full leather [rubbed, front board detached, rear joint cracked but holding]. [iv], 123, [i.e., 223], [1]pp [lacks pages 219-222]. Scattered foxing, inner cords broken. Good only. "Edited by John Snelling Popkin." Evans. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 37085. Not in Sabin, Jenkins..... 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..... 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
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
NOS HOMMES ET NOTRE HISTOIRE. NOTICES BIOGRAPHIQUES ACCOMPAGNEES DE REFLEXIONS ET DE SOUVENIRS PERSONNELS. HOMMAGE A LA POPULATION CREOLE, EN SOUVENIR DES GRANDS HOMMES QU'ELLE A PRODUITS ET DES BONNES CHOSES QU'ELLE A ACCOMPLIES PAR R. - L. DESDUNES.
Montreal: Arbour & Dupont, 1911. 196pp plus eight portraits [including frontis portrait]. Original printed wrappers [darkened at the spine, lightly spotted at the corners]. Very Good. This rare, landmark book is a history of and tribute to New Orleans Free Negroes, "the first such book written in French by a...... 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..... More
DER GESCHWINDE RECHNER ODER: DES HAENDLERS NUETZLICHER GEHUELFE; IN KAUFFUNG UND VERKAUFFUNG ALLERLEY SACHEN SOWOHL IM GROSSEN ALS KLEINEN. DA AUF EINMAL GEZEIGT WIRD DER WERTH VON ALLERLEY WAAREN ODER SACHEN, VON EINEM VIERTEL PENS BIS AUF 19 SCHILLING UND 9 PENS; UND VON EINEM PFUND, JARD, GALLE, BUSCHEL, U. BIS AUF 10,000...
Germantown: Christopher Saur, 1774. Contemporary sheep, raised spine bands. [280] pp. Generally light foxing. Good+. A scarce 'ready reckoner' in German, Fraktur script. Evans 13275. Arndt 434. Hildeburn 3017. ESTC W19354 [10 locations]. 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..... 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
CRITICAL DISQUISITIONS ON THE EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH. IN A LETTER TO EDWARD KING, ESQ. F.R.S.A.S. BY SAMUEL LORD BISHOP OF ROCHESTER, F.R.S.A.S.`.
Philadelphia: Re-printed by James Humphreys, From the London Copy of 1799, 1800. 12mo. v, [1 blank] , [7]-101, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, lacks the bookseller advertisement at page [103]. Except as noted, Very Good. The text includes both Hebrew and Greek lettering. Horsley was the Bishop of Rochester, whose life..... 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
THE YOUNG CHILD'S A, B, C; OR, FIRST BOOK.
New-York: Published by Samuel Wood & Sons, No. 261, Pearl-Street; and Samuel S. Wood & Co. No. 212, Market-st. Baltimore, [1816?]. 16mo. 16pp plus original printed tan wrappers, with front wrapper vignette of old man followed by a dog, and rear wrapper vignette of an animal [fox?] looking at an..... More
ANDROO JOHNSON, HIS LIFE, INCLUDIN' HIS INFANCY, HIS BOYHOOD, AND HIS DIMOCRISY AND ABOLITIONISM, SEPARATE AND MIXED. BY PETROLEUM V. NASBY, A DIMOCRAT UV THIRTY YEAR'S STANDIN', WHO NEVER SKRATCHED HIS TICKET AND ALLAZ TOOK HIS LIKKER STRATS.
New York: J.C. Haney & Co., 1866. [12-illustrations], [3], 16-38, [6- publisher advts.] pp. Stitched, lacks printed wrappers. Many plates and illustrations by Mulken (Johnson, Seward, Grant, political scenes of the tumultuous year of 1866). One advertisement leaf chipped at blank margins. Else Very Good. A satire of Johnson's..... 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 learned Oration is a rebuttal of 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..... More
DOCUMENTOS RELATIVOS A LA REUNION EN ESTA CAPITAL DE LOS GOBERNADORES DE LOS ESTADOS, CONVOCADOS PARA PROVEER A LAS EXIGENCIAS-- DEL ERARIO FEDERAL.
Mexico: J.M. Lara, 1851. Contemporary dark marbled boards and gilt- decorated quarter leather spine [edge-rubbed]. pp vii, [1 blank], 39, [1 blank], 41-72, 53, [1 blank] + 2 folding charts, 14, 34 + 6 folding charts, 31, [1 blank] + 2 folding charts, 53, [1 blank] + 3 folding charts..... 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..... 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