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From the library of cardinal Albani, later Pope Clément XI: three works on the Armenian language View picture(s) 1 AGOP, Joannes (Yovhannès KONSTANDNOWPOLSECÍ). Puritas Haygica seu grammatica Armenica a Ioanne Agop sacerdote armeno composita, ad maiorem Dei gloriam, et ad honorem Beatissimae Virginis Dei genitrix Mariae. Rome, Typis Sacrae Congretationis de Prop. Fide, 1675. 4to. Contemporary vellum with author and title in ink on spine, red sprinkled edges. With vignette of the Propaganda fide on title with the motto: 'Euntes in universum mundum praedicate Evang. omni creat.'; some interesting woodcut initials, and printed for a good deal with well-casted Armenian characters. (6), 246, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Armenia  Dictionaries  Linguistics  Provenance  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A new method to teach the French language to Dutch children View picture(s) 2 AGRON, Antoine Nicolas. Verzameling van Opstellen, Geschikt om de Hollandsche Jeugd, door middel van hare moedertaal, op eene ordelijke en gemakkelijke wijze, tot de kennis der Fransche taal  opteleiden; bevattende eene reeks van uit elkander voortvloeijende regelen, welke afzonderlijk en allerduidelijkst, aan het hoofd van elke soort dezer opstellen, verklaard worden. Uitgegeven tot Onderwijs in de Fransche Taal. Vijfde en verbeterde druk. Amst., Johannes Allart, 1809. Large 8vo. Orig. boards. XX, 512 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Dutch  French  Linguistics  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Discussing the rules of orthography,and observations on the art of poetry and rhetorics View picture(s) 3 AMPZING, Samuel. Taelbericht der Nederlandsche Spellingé. Door Christiaen Vander Heulen Oversien en verbeterd. Wormer-veer, Willem Syminsz. Boogaert, 1649. Sm.8vo. Contemp. calf. With woodcut vignette on title. 87, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  Linguistics  Poetry  Rhetorics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Hindustan alphabet View picture(s) 4 BELIGATTI, Cassianus da Macerata & Giovani Cristoforo AMADUZZI. Alphabetum Brammhanicum seu Indostanum Universitatis kasi. Rome, Typis Sa. Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1771. 8vo. Contemporary half sprinkled calf, red gilt title label, blue sprinkled edges. Woodcut title vignet of the seal of the congregation, Nagari script throughout text. (4), XX, 152 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: India  Linguistics  Mission  Religion  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dutch as it was written and spoken in 1792 View picture(s) 5 BOLHUIS, Lambertus van. Beknopte Nederduitsche Spraakkunst, opgesteld in het jaar 1792. Met den gouden eerprijs bekroond, en uitgegeven door de Nederlandsche Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen. Leyden, Deventer, Groningen, D. du Mortier en Zoon, J.H. de Lange, J. Oomkens, 1793. Sm.8vo. Orig. wrappers. (20), 100, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Dutch  Linguistics  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A new ortography for the Dutch language View picture(s) 6 BOLOGNINO, Willem. Nieuwe noodeliicke ortographie, tot het schrijven en 't drucken van onse Neder-duytse tale: Sonder welcke het eyghen gheluydt der woorden oft sillaben der selve, niet en kan uytghedruckt worden, noch de verscheydentheydt der woorden in 't geluydt ende beteekenisse. Antwerp, Jacob Mesens, 1657. Small 8vo. (14.5 x 9.5 cm.). 18th-century paper pasted over boards, pasted paper title-label on front cover. Woodcut device on title. 40 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Antwerp  Belgicana  Linguistics  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Comprehensive compilation of Roman legal terminology by a famous French jurist and philologist View picture(s) 7 BRISSON, Barnabé. De formulis et sollemnibus populi Romani verbis, Libri VIII: Omnibus politioris litteraturae, cumprimis iurisprudentiae studiosis utiles & necessarii, In quibus varii bonorum auctorum loci emendantur, supplentur, notantur, illustrantur. Opus magno labore ab auctore congestum; nunc vero diligenter recognitum & a prioribus mendis purgatum. Adiecti sunt Rerum & verborum indices locupletissimi. Frankfurt a/Main, Ioannes Wechel & Petrus Fischer and consorts, 1592. 4to. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed & gilt, blue edges. Title in red & black, woodcut head- & tail pieces & initials. (8), 750 (= 760), (84) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Classical Antiquity  Greek & Latin  Linguistics  Literary History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Dutch grammer with Flemish spelling View picture(s) 8 BRUGGEN, Jan Abraham ter. Nederduytsche spraek-konst, ten gebruyke der schoolen, uytgegeéven op last van het Antwerpsch tael- en dicht- lievend genoótschap, onder de zin-spreuk: tot nut der jeugd. Antwerpen, J.S. Schoesetters, 1818. 2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. Old vellum manuscript leaf used for wrappers. 108, (2); 107, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Belgicana  Dutch  Linguistics  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the origins of speech View picture(s) 9 COURT DE GEBELIN, [Antoine]. Histoire Naturelle de la Parole, ou Précis de l'Origine du Language & de la Grammaire Universelle. Extrait du Monde Primitif. Paris. l'Auteur Boudet, etc., 1776. Contemp. green vellum, with red title-label on spine. With fine engraved allegorical frontispiece by C.P. Marillier, engraved by A. Romanet, folding engraved plate with two primitive alphabets, and folding colour-printed plate of tongue, larynx and speech-organs by DAGOTY. (4), 400 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bibliophily  Colour Platebooks  Linguistics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare Italian grammar (not found recorded) View picture(s) 10 DESEBASTIANI, Pietro. Nuovo metodo, che facilita la lingua Toscana disteso con regole grammaticali. Rome, Paolo Moneta, 1683. 12mo. Contemporary marbled wrappers. With woodcut vignette on title, head-piece and initials. (4), 47 (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Dictionaries  Italy  Linguistics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Hongkong imprint of a rare work by a famous French missionary in Tibet View picture(s) 11 DESGODINS, A[uguste]. Essai de grammaire Thibétaine pour le langage parlé, avec alphabet et prononciation. Hongkong, Imprimerie de Nazareth, 1899. 12mo. Contemporary half brown morocco, spine ribbed and gilt in compartments, gilt monogram, sprinkled edges. With vignette on title and several endpieces. (9), 91, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Dictionaries  French  Linguistics  Tibet  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The secrets of Madagascar revealed View picture(s) 12 ELLIS, William. Three visits to Madagascar during the years 1853-1854-1856. Including a journey to the capital with notices of the natural history of the country and of the present civilisation of the people. London, John Murray, 1858. 8vo. Contemporary half calf with marbled boards, spine gilt. With 26 woodcuts (including one folding plate, one full-page map of Madagascar, 14 full-page woodcuts, and 10 woodcuts in text). [5], VI-XVII, [3], 470, [2 printer's advertisements] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Africa  Linguistics  Mission  South Africa  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare and beautiful Hoorn prize-binding View picture(s) 13 ERASMUS, Desiderius. Colloquia cum notis selectis variorum. Addito Indice Novo. Delft, Leiden, A. Bemans, S. Luchtmans, 1729. Vellum, spine gilt-lined with gilt flower-heads in the compartments, with gilt double-fillet borders on sides and gilt double-fillet inner panel with small gilt ornaments at the four outer-corners and the gilt central coat-of-arms of Hoorn comprising a finely designed unicorn leaning over a shield, red mottled edges, remnants of green ties. With engraved frontispiece showing Erasmus with three other scholars in his study, woodcut printer's device on title, and title printed in red and black. (16), 784, (22) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Erasmus  Greek & Latin  Hoorn  Linguistics  Prize Binding  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Prize book from Gouda View picture(s) 14 ERASMUS, Desiderius. Colloquia cum notis, tertia parte auctioribus, & indice novo, accurante Corn. Screvelio. Leiden, Franciscus Hackius, 1655. 8vo. Contemporary vellum with overlapping flaps; spine lettered in ink; the name 'AE. VERRET' on the front cover and 'GOVDA' and '1658' on the back stamped in gilt; rests of ties; red stained edges. With engraved title: Erasmus discussing with three other scholars sitting around a table with a globe and an open book on it. (12), 677, (21) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Erasmus  Linguistics  Low Countries  Pedagogy & Didactics  Poetry  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Fourteen of Erasmus's works published by Joannes Maire at Leiden (1641-52) View picture(s) 15 ERASMUS, Desiderius. Vita; partim ab ipsomet Erasmo, partim ab amicis ... descrpta. Accedunt epistolae illustre plus quam septuaginta ... P. Scriverii, & fautorum auspiciis. Leiden, Joannes Maire, 1642. 14 works in 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter vellum, titles written on spine. Engraved title-page by C. van Dalen showing Erasmus standing in a church with a book in his left hand pointing to three other men, printer's device (Breugelmans, nr. 13) on title, woodcut portrait of Erasmus in a roundel and his device in a roundel in the text. (36), 394, (2 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Erasmus  Linguistics  Theology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The alphabet along with lessons in morals and civil behaviour View picture(s) 16 FENNING, Daniel. The Universal Spelling-Book; or, A New and Easy Guide to the English Language. Containing I. Tables of Words  in one, two, three, and Four Syllables; with natural  and easy Lessons in each, adapted to the Capacity of  Children, from Three Years old and upwards. II. A very easy and rational Guide to English Grammar, by Way of Question and Answer. III. A Collection of near 5000 of the most useful Words of two, three and four Syllables, viz. Nouns Substantive, Adjectives, and Verbs. IV. Many useful Things necessary to help the young beginner. V. Chronological Tables of the Succession of the Kings of England, and many of the most memorable Occurrences in sacred and prophane History. Thirty-Fifth Edition, with Additions. London, for S. Crowder, B.C. Collins in Salisbury, 1789. Sm.8vo. Contemp. buckram. With illustrations of a boys' and a girls' classroom and of children playing on engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved plates, one with various alphabets in Roman printing types and the other with various writing types in "round hand", and 8 woodcuts within ornamental borders to the reading exercises, which include some fables. (12), 152, (4) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Children's Books  Education  English  Linguistics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Italian grammar dedicated to the French Queen Maria de Medicis View picture(s) 17 GUEDAN, François. Institution de la Langue Florentine et Toscane. Pour apprendre promptement, & facilement, la langue Italienne. Tant pour la lecture, prononciation & escriture d'icelle: que pour l'intelligence, composition, & traduction des livres Italiens en François, & des François en Italien. Paris, Iean Gesselin, 1602. Sm.8vo. Modern vellum, spine gilt-lined with red morocco title-label, sides blindstamped with central ornament, red painted edges. 189, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  French  Italy  Linguistics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The most important and well known French-Dutch and Dutch-French dictionary of the 18th century View picture(s) 18 HALMA, François . Le grand dictionnaire François et Flamand, formé sur celui de Pierre Richelet. Contenant la signification, & la définition des mots de l'une & de l'autre langue, avec leurs differens usages; le genre des noms, la conjugation des verbes, leur regime, & celui des adjectifs. Avec les termes les plus connus des Arts & des Sciences, soit liberaux ou mécaniques; les noms des empires, roiaumes, republiques, provinces, villes, fleuves & rivieres du monde. Troisième édition.- Het groot woordenboek der Nederlandsche en Fransche taele, getrocken uyt verscheyde soo Nederlandsche als Fransche schryvers, naementlijk uyt den genen van P. Richelet, behelsende en vervattende de bediedenissen, bepaelingen en bewysingen van beyde de taelen, met hunne verscheyde uytwerksels; die vervoegingen der werkwoorden met hunne gevallen, de gene van de byvoegelijke tot de selfstande. Beneffens de eygentlijke woorden der konsten en wetenschappen, 't zy vrye of andere, de namen van de ryken, vrye-staeten, landschappen, steden, bergen ende waterstroomen van de geheele wereld. Derde druk. Brussels, George Fricx le jeune, 1739. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary calf, spines richly gilt. in compartments, red sprinkled edges. Both titles printed in red & black, with engraved emblematic vignette with the motto 'Studio et labore' by F. Pilsen. (4), 656; 542, (2 blank) pp., printed in 3 columns. Full description >> Related Subjects: Dictionaries  Dutch  French  Linguistics  Philology  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of an important manual for German orthography View picture(s) 19 HAMELBERG, Hendrik Antonie. Hoogduitsche spraakkunst voor Nederlanders, met raadpleging van de beste en nieuwste taalkundige werken, ten gebruike op de scholen, bij het bijzonder onderwijs en voor zelfoefenaren. Zutphen, W.J. Thieme, 1837. 8vo. Original blue wrappers with title label on the spine. With a full-page engraved plate showing the different letterforms of German early nineteenth-century script. XXXII, (2), 649, (1), 6 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Dictionaries  Dutch  German  Linguistics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare Ethiopian grammar View picture(s) 20 HUPFELD, Hermann. Exercitationes Aethiopicae sive Observationum criticarum ad emendandam rationem grammaticae semiticae specimen primum. Leipzig, F.C.W. Vogel, 1825. 4to. Contemporary boards. IV, 46 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Ethiopia  Linguistics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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