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The Oriental Linguist, an Easy and Familiar Introduction to the Popular Language of Hindoostan ;...

The Oriental Linguist, an Easy and Familiar Introduction to the Popular Language of Hindoostan ; [Vulgarly, But Improperly Called the...

Calcutta: Printed by Thomson, Ferris, and Greenway, 1798. Lacking the last leaf of music (supplied in photocopy facsimile from the Ferris and Greenway setting, where this appears as pp. 162-3). Fascinating early dictionary and handbook of Hindustani (Urdu). Read More about The Oriental Linguist, an Easy and Familiar Introduction to the Popular Language of Hindoostan ;...

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Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence...

Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence compiled originally by Captain Grose and now altered...

London: Printed for C. Chappel, Pall-Mall, 1811. First Edition thus (fourth overall). Francis Grose (1731-1791) was the lexicographer of the low life: his dictionary of vulgar and slang words, which appeared under several different titles, was the most complete of the eighteenth century, and appeared in numerous editions (including a...... Read More about Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence...

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Horae Recreationis, sive Facetiarum et Apophtegematum Centuriae II. In usum inclyta Academia...

Italian as a Foreign Language, Wittenburg, 1593

Horae Recreationis, sive Facetiarum et Apophtegematum Centuriae II. In usum inclyta Academia Witebergenis Italice discit, collect à Catharino Dulci.

Witeberg [i.e., Wittenberg]: Ex Officina Cratoniana, 1593. Italian as a Foreign Language, Wittenburg, 1593. Rare collection of sayings, anecdotes and jokes written and compiled from Lodovico Guicciardini (1521-1589) by Catharinus Dulcis, for young students of Italian. Dulcis was an itinerant scholar of languages, and evidently the first professor of French..... Read More about Horae Recreationis, sive Facetiarum et Apophtegematum Centuriae II. In usum inclyta Academia...

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The Minor Encyclopedia, being a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature. In four...

Inscribed by Isaiah Thomas

The Minor Encyclopedia, being a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature. In four volumes.

Boston: Printed for West & Greenleaf … by Manning & Loring, Sept. 1803. First edition. Inscribed by Isaiah Thomas. Inscribed by the publisher, historian of American printing, and co-founder of the American Antiquarian Society, Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831) on title-page of final volume: “Presented by I. Thomas, Esq.to E.J. Knox, May 21st..... Read More about The Minor Encyclopedia, being a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature. In four volumes

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Thesaurus philologicus, seu, Clavis scripturae: qua quicquid fere orientalium Hebraeorum maxime,...

Thesaurus philologicus, seu, Clavis scripturae: qua quicquid fere orientalium Hebraeorum maxime, & Arabum, habent Monumenta de Religione … Editio tertia...

Tiguri [Zürich]: Typis Henrici Bodmeri, 1696. Third edition, enlarged and revised (preceded by editions of 1649 & 1659). Third edition. revised, of this polyglot thesaurus of scripture, following edtions of 1649 and 1659 . Hottinger (1620 – 1667) was a Swiss reformed theologian and philologist who taught at the Universities..... Read More about Thesaurus philologicus, seu, Clavis scripturae: qua quicquid fere orientalium Hebraeorum maxime,...

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Hermes: or, a Philosophical Inquiry concerning Language and Universal Grammar. arris, James

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Hermes: or, a Philosophical Inquiry concerning Language and Universal Grammar.

London: by H. Woodfall, 1741. First edition. Inscribed, Presentation Binding. Inscribed on the flyleaf: "J. Shaftesbury | Given me by James Harris 1751." James Harris (1709-1780) was the eldest son of James Harris by his second wife Lady Elizabeth Ashley Cooper, third daughter of the second Lord Shaftsbury (died 1699), and..... Read More about Hermes: or, a Philosophical Inquiry concerning Language and Universal Grammar

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A Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings, of John R. Jewitt; only survivor of the crew of the...

A Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings, of John R. Jewitt; only survivor of the crew of the ship Boston...

Middletown, [Ct.]: Printed by Seth Richards, 1815. Second Edition and First Alsop edition. First Alsop edition of this harrowing captivity from the Northwest coast, without the rare portrait of Chief Maquina as frontispiece. This is the second edition overall (First was published in 1807), with substantial contributions by Richard Alsop..... Read More about A Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings, of John R. Jewitt; only survivor of the crew of the...

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A Treatise on Language or the Relation which words bear to Things in four parts. Johnson, A B.,...

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A Treatise on Language or the Relation which words bear to Things in four parts.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. The original dedition was published in 1828 and revised in 1836. PRESENTATION COPY. With tipped in slip at front "From the Author/ A. B. Johnson esq./ of Utica/ N.Y."' Johnson was an Amewrican philosopher and banker. "Johnson asserted that language is “subordinate” to nature because..... Read More about A Treatise on Language or the Relation which words bear to Things in four parts

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A Dictionary of the English Language: in Which the Words are Deduced from the Originals, and...

Pirated Edition of Johnson's Dictionary

A Dictionary of the English Language: in Which the Words are Deduced from the Originals, and Illustrated in their Different...

London: John Jarvis, 1786. Jarvis & Fielding piracy. Pirated Edition of Johnson's Dictionary. A "Paternaster-Row piracy" based on the revised Harrison edition of 1773. Includes an appendix of words ommitted by Johnson and a short Life of Johnson at end of vol. II. Fleeman notes a possible Irish influence in..... Read More about A Dictionary of the English Language: in Which the Words are Deduced from the Originals, and...

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Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum or, A General English Dictionary comprehending a brief, but...

Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum or, A General English Dictionary comprehending a brief, but emphatical and clear explication of all sorts of difficult...

London: printed by J. Wilde, for J. Phillips, at the King’s-Arms in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1708. "An unconfessed abridgement of Kersey’s revision of Edward Phillip’s dictionary" (Alston). Read More about Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum or, A General English Dictionary comprehending a brief, but...

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Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum: or, a General English dictionary, comprehending a brief, but...

Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum: or, a General English dictionary, comprehending a brief, but emphatical and clear explication of all sorts of difficult...

London: printed for J. Phillips, at the King’s-Arms, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, J. Taylor, at the Ship and Black-Swan, in Pater-Noster-Row, and administrat of H, 1721. The Third Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. "An unconfessed abridgement of Kersey’s revision of Edward Phillip’s dictionary" (Alston). Read More about Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicum: or, a General English dictionary, comprehending a brief, but...

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