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John Quincy Adams Supports U.S. Purchase of Noah Webster's Synopsis

Autograph Letter, signed, to the son of Noah Webster, concerning his support of the Federal purchase of his father's synopsis...

Quincy [MA]: 11 September 1843. John Quincy Adams Supports U.S. Purchase of Noah Webster's Synopsis. In this letter to Noah Webster's son William G. Webster, the former President endorses the suggestion of “purchasing the synopsis of [your father's] great work and causing it to be deposited in [the Library of... Read More about Autograph Letter, signed, to the son of Noah Webster, concerning his support of the Federal...

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Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen … Eine von het Provinciaal Utrechtsch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen gekrönte Preisschrift...

Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1886. First Edition. On Aramaic loan words and phrases in classical Arabic. With the ownership signature of linguist and scholar of Jewish history, Max L. Margolis. Read More about Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen … Eine von het Provinciaal Utrechtsch...

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The Italian Library. Containing an Account of the Lives and Works of the Most Valuable Authors of Italy. With a....

London: Printed for A. Millar, 1757. First edition. The first paragraph of the preface was written by Baretti's friend Dr. Johnson. The work comprises an outline of the development of the Italian language and an annotated bibliography of works in Italian. Read More about The Italian Library. Containing an Account of the Lives and Works of the Most Valuable Authors of...

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A Grammar of the Italian Language with a Copious Praxis of Moral Sentences, to which is added an English Grammar...

London: printed for J. Nourse; W. Strahan; J.F. and C. Rivington; et al, 1778. The present work by Baretti, the famed Italian educator living in London and friend of Johnson, was first published in 1762. It offers quadrilingual versions (English, Spanish, French and Italian) of a variety of pieces excerpted... Read More about A Grammar of the Italian Language with a Copious Praxis of Moral Sentences, to which is added an...

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George Kennan to Alexander Graham Bell

Nouveau Dictionnaire Anglais-Français et Français-Anglais.

Paris: Garnier Frères, n.d. [ca. 1910?]. George Kennan to Alexander Graham Bell. A fascinating association copy, inscribed on the flyleaf of each volume: "Alexander Graham Bell / from George Kennan / August 9, 1919." Kennan's early employment with the Western Union Telegraph Company, laying cable from Alaska through Siberia all... Read More about Nouveau Dictionnaire Anglais-Français et Français-Anglais

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One Thousand Valuable Secrets into the elegant and Useful Arts Collected from the practice of the best Artists and containing...

Philadelphia: Printed [by W. W. Woodward] for B. Davies, No. 68, Market Street and T. Stephens, No. 57, South Second Street, 1795. First American edition of selections from “Secrets Concernant les Arts et Metiers.” The English translation first published in London 1775 as “Valuable Secrets Concerning Arts and Trades.” the... Read More about One Thousand Valuable Secrets into the elegant and Useful Arts Collected from the practice of the...

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Autograph Letter Signed, to Edward S.[herman] Gould.

in recipient's hand dated March 30/60. Bryant writes to Gould about an article recommending Worcester's Dictionary in the Evening Post, which several people would like to see answered. In part: "As you are my Ajax of philology I send it to you, that if you think it worthwhile you can... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed, to Edward S.[herman] Gould

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A Wonderful Gelett Burgess Presentation, with Drawing & Letter

Burgess Unabridged. A New Dictionary of Words you have always needed.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, [1941]. Later edition (first published in 1941). A Wonderful Gelett Burgess Presentation, with Drawing & Letter. Inscribed on the front pastedown to New York columnist Leonard Lyons: "Motherwords / to / Leonard Lyons / my pet columnist / and specialist in Paradox and Antithesis. / Gelett... Read More about Burgess Unabridged. A New Dictionary of Words you have always needed

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New, Fashionable Words

Des Mots à la mode, et des nouvelles façons de parler, avec des observations sur diverses manières d'agir & de...

Paris: Claude Barbin, 1692. Seconde edition, augmentée …. New, Fashionable Words. Second edtion (same year as the first). enlarged by the addition of several more new words and a “Lettre sur les Mots à la mode”. Calliières was a member of the Academie Française, a diplomat, and the author of..... Read More about Des Mots à la mode, et des nouvelles façons de parler, avec des observations sur diverses...

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Vocabulary in French and English. A Facsimile of Caxton's Edition c. 1480. With Introduction by J.C.T. Oates, Under-Librarian and L.C....

Cambridge: at the University Press, 1964. Facsimile Edition. One of the rarest Caxtons (one of 4 known copies), the copy herein reproduced had been bought by H.P.Kraus in 1960 and traded to Cambridge for another Caxton. Read More about Vocabulary in French and English. A Facsimile of Caxton's Edition c. 1480. With Introduction by...

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