Islamic Manuscript in Turkish
[Ottoman Empire: n.d., 19th century]. Handsome manscript theological and philosophical treatise in Turkish. Read More about Islamic Manuscript in Turkish
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Language & Dictionaries
Rare and first edition dictionaries and encyclopedias in various languages such as Biblical Aramaic, Arabic, German, and English.
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A Grammatical System of the English Language: Comprehending a Plain and Familiar Scheme of Teaching Young Gentlemen and Ladies the...
Walpole, NH: Cheever Felch, 1810. Tenth Edition. Read More about A Grammatical System of the English Language: Comprehending a Plain and Familiar Scheme of...
Price: $100
Webster's Dictionaries. From the Marietta (Ohio) Intelligencer, April 1-8, 1856.
Springfield, Mass: Geo. and Chas., Merriam, 1856. Read More about Webster's Dictionaries. From the Marietta (Ohio) Intelligencer, April 1-8, 1856
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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 Genootschap...
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Assyrisches Handwörterbuch.
Leipzig: Hinrich'sche Buchhandlung, 1896. First Edition. Read More about Assyrisches Handwörterbuch
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![Item #314656 Bukvar' tatarskago i arabskago pis'ma. [Primer of Tatar and Arabic]. Niiat Baka...](/pictures/thumb/314656.jpg?v=1656543239)
Bukvar' tatarskago i arabskago pis'ma. [Primer of Tatar and Arabic].
St. Petersburg: pri Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk, 1802. First and only edition of the first primer of the Tatar language in the Russian empire. The first primer of the Tatar language, compiled by a native Siberian Tatar under the direction of Iosif Ivanovich Giganov 1764-1800?), a priest and teacher at the..... Read More about Bukvar' tatarskago i arabskago pis'ma. [Primer of Tatar and Arabic
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A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language for the use of Missionaries and other persons living among the...
Montreal: Beauchemin & Valois, 1878; 1878-1880. Bishop Baraga, an Austrian Oblate missionary, came to this country in 1830 and spent the rest of his life among the tribes in and about Michigan, dying at Marquette in 1868. His Theoretical and Practical Grammar was first published in Detroit in 1850 and..... Read More about A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language for the use of Missionaries and...
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A Dictionary of the English and Italian Languages.
London: C. and J. Rivington, et al, 1824. Seventh edition. An attractive copy of Baretti's classic English-Italian dictionary. Read More about A Dictionary of the English and Italian Languages
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A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH AND ITALIAN LANGUAGES... Improved And Augmented With Above TEN THOUSAND WORDS omitted In The Last...
London: Printed for W. Strahan; J. and F. Rivington; W. Johnston et al, 1771. A New Edition. First edition is 1760. Read More about A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH AND ITALIAN LANGUAGES... Improved And Augmented With Above TEN...
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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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The Complete English Dictionary or, general repository of the English language. Containing A Copious Explanation of all the Words in...
London: printed for the author, and sold by T. Evans, at No. 54, in Pater-Noster Row; F. Blyth, [1772]. Some text leaves stained. The prefatory notice is dated Feb. 1, 1772; issued in 24 weekly numbers beginning October 31, 1772. Read More about The Complete English Dictionary or, general repository of the English language. Containing A...
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Familiar Quotations.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1927. Read More about Familiar Quotations
Price: $150
Familiar Quotations. A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs traced to their sources in Ancient and Modern Literature.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1955]. Thirteenth and Centennial Edition. Completely Revised. Read More about Familiar Quotations. A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs traced to their sources in...
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Grammatik des Biblisch-Aramaïschen.
Halle/Saale: Max Niemeyer, 1927. First Edition. Read More about Grammatik des Biblisch-Aramaïschen
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Beeton's Science, Art, and Literature. A Dictionary of Universal Information Comprising a Complete Summary of the Moral, Mathematical, Physical, and...
London: Ward, Lock & Tyler, (c.1890). Read More about Beeton's Science, Art, and Literature. A Dictionary of Universal Information Comprising a...
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Profusely Illustrated
Beeton’s Dictionary of Universal Information. Georaphy, Biography, and History. [and] Beeton’s… Science, Art, and Literature.
London: Ward, Lock & Tyler, n.d. [ca. 1880]. New Editions, enlarged. Profusely Illustrated. Fine set of this wonderfully illustrated encycopedia. Read More about Beeton’s Dictionary of Universal Information. Georaphy, Biography, and History. [and]...
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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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Grammatik des Biblisch-Aramäischen. Mit einer kritischen Erörterung der aramäischen Wörter im Neuen Testament.
Leipzig: F. C. W. Vogel, 1884. First Edition. Read More about Grammatik des Biblisch-Aramäischen. Mit einer kritischen Erörterung der aramäischen Wörter im...
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First American edition
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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Dictionnaire Universal d'Histoie et de Géographie...Ouvrage Revu et Continué par A. Cahssing.
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1872. Nouvelle édition (Vingt-Troisième). Read More about Dictionnaire Universal d'Histoie et de Géographie...Ouvrage Revu et Continué par A. Cahssing
Price: $150
![Item #306305 Autograph Letter Signed, to Edward S.[herman] Gould. William Cullen Bryant](/pictures/thumb/306305.jpg?v=1656542201)
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. /..... Read More about Burgess Unabridged. A New Dictionary of Words you have always needed
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Five hundred mistakes of daily occurrence in speaking, pronouncing, and writing the English language, Corrected.
New York: D. Burgess & Co.; Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co.; [etc.], 1856. First edition. Read More about Five hundred mistakes of daily occurrence in speaking, pronouncing, and writing the English...
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The Art of Speaking...Containing, I. An essay; in which are given rules for expressing properly the principal passions and humours...
Philadelphia: R. Aitken, 1780. Second American edition. A popular British work on rhetoric and public speaking, with lengthy quotes organized by subject from Ancient Greek and Roman works, as well as Shakespeare and other literary classics. A notable work printed in the midst of the Revolution given the Founding Fathers..... Read More about The Art of Speaking...Containing, I. An essay; in which are given rules for expressing properly...
Price: $200