Dictionaries

Utica: William Williams 1831. (Leather binding) 264pp. Good to very good, no dust jacket. Plain tan full-leather binding. (Language, English Language, Grammar).

1673 JanuaLinguarum CZECH Comenius Linguistics Dictionary ENGLISH & Latin RARE
"Every educational reformer owes much, in the way of inspiration and suggestion, to his predecessors, and of none is this truer than of John Amos Comenius."
– Will S. Monroe, Comenius and the Beginnings of Educational Reform"
Shortly after 'JanuaLinguarumReserata' was first published in1629, it was translated into nearly every European language. In fact, by the 1630s, it was the second most read book in Europe, second only to the Bible. This textbook by Johann Amos Comenius was simply a text of Language, as the English title suggests, "The Door of Languages Unlocked."
'Janua' comprehends the elements of all the sciences and arts – from the origin of words to the mind and its faculties." (Monroe, 126).


It was written with 1,000 short sentences comprising of roughly 8,000 words. In all, there have been over 100 editions of this book printed! Comenius is now remembered as an innovator, who first introduced… Read More

Dolgelley: Gomerian Press 1815, 3rd edition greatly improved. (Hardcover) 476pp. Good, no dust jacket. The covers are worn. Text in Welsh and English. (Dictionaries, Dictionaries, Language, Proverbs).

Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers 1844. (Hardcover set) 672, 717pp. Good to very good, no dust jacket. 3 / 4 leather with gilt lettering, gilt decoration and raised bands on the spine. Marbled endpapers and edges, illustrations, index. The boards are worn with some chipping to the spine labels, some pages spotted. (Dictionaries, English Literature).

Tokio: Z.P. Maruya & Comoany, 1884. Octavo, pp (6), 209, xciii, red edges, slightly weak in a couple of places but otherwise very good internally, black cloth and marbled boards, a littl rubbed, the spine head slightly pulled. RARE. [From the library of Alan Roger of Dundonnell House and Garden, with his signature on the front endpaper.]. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Good.

Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1985. Softcover. Very Good-. 395pp; Covers clean & bright, minor staining to edges, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Dictionary of the Waskia language of Papua New Guinea. Includes Waskia/Tok Pisin/English; Tok Pisin/Waskia; English/Waskia.

A near fine hardcover dictionary.2075p. 21x15x6,5cm. 1350gr. Notice: Has increased shipping cost due to weight (1,35kg.). Look up "Shipping terms".

Translated from first page: "This book is a comprehensive professional code of military and military technology. The formation, combat, training, logistics, and war theory of the U.S. and NATO military forces. Weapons, military equipment, and military scientific technology related vocabulary are mainly used with a total of around 90,000 articles. With 14 appendices on US military ships, aircraft, missiles, etc attached..."

1825 Noah Webster American Spelling Book Speller Dictionary Grammar Americana
The name Webster has become synonymous with dictionary and American language over the last century. Noah Webster sought to create a purely 'American' culture that was independent of British claim, he achieved this by creating his dictionary – a work that helped distance American grammar and linguistics from that of Britain. Webster's 'Speller' went through nearly 400 editions in his lifetime alone and was nicknamed the 'Blue Black Speller'. This work taught children how to read, write, spell, and pronounce words and was the most popular American books of the mid-19th-century.
Item number: #21106
Price: $499
WEBSTER, Noah
The American spelling book : containing the rudiments of the English language for the use of schools in the United States
Brattleborough, Vt.: Published by Holbrook and Fessenden, 1825.
Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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168
· References: Allibone III, p.2628
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Complete three volume set with paper wraps. Vol. I runs from A to LL, Vol. II is from M to Z, and Vol. III contains plates. Vol. III is dated 1956, while the previous two volumes are 1958. Some pages uncut. Toning and minor staining to spines (see image), but otherwise clean copies with no previous owners' names or other defacements.
8.25 x 11.75 in

1685 Vossius Etymologicum Latin Language Etymology Dictionary Vellum FOLIO

Gerardus Vossius was a 16th-century Dutch classical theologian known for being one of the first to treat theological dogmas and non-Christian religions from a historical point of view, rather than the more accepted theological. His works of rhetoric were widely popular and were used as textbooks during and after his lifetime. He followed Aristotelian thought and was influenced not only by Aristotle, but also by Cicero and other ancient philosophers.

Vossius's "Etymologicum" was a lengthy Latin language study, gathered and edited as a dictionary. This 1685 edition was published as part of the complete works of Vossius, printed in Amsterdam by Blaeu.

Item number: #22951
Price: $750

VOSSIUS, Gerardus Joannes

Gerardi Joannis Vossii Etymologicon linguæ Latinæ. Præfigitur ejusdem De literarum permutatione tractatus. Editio nova

Amstelodami : Ex typographia P. & I. Blaev, apud Ianssonio-Waesbergios, Boom, a Someren, &… Read More

A 7th ed. 12 volume good hardcover (cloth-bound / leather-bound spine), minor signs of wear on cov. as in image, text/block tight clean.
Vollständig neu bearbeitete Auflage 12 Bde. Mit etwa 5000 Textabbildungen und über 1000 Tafeln, Karten und Textbeilagen. Schwarze Original-Halblederbände mit rotem Rückenschild und reicher Goldprägung, deren florales Liniendekor noch dem Jugendstil entlehnt ist. Deckel in olivgrüner Leinenbespannung und mit schwarzen Lederecken. Erste Großlexikon-Ausgabe während der Weimarer Republik, die ursprünglich bereits für 1921 geplant war. Sehr informative Ausgabe, die in der Anzahl der Artikel ihre Vorgänger übertrifft.Das Grundwerk umfasst 12 Bände mit 21.000 Spalten (Spaltenzählung). Der Entwurf für den Bucheinband der Halbleder-Ausgabe stammte von dem berühmten Prager Illustrator und Buchkünstler Hugo Steiner.
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1530 HEBREW 1ed Sebastian Munster Jewish Greek Bible Grammar Dictionary FOLIO

Sebastian Munster, a 16th-century scholar, was perhaps one of the very best cosmographers of his era. However, in addition to his studies of the world, Munster published important lexicons including this 1530 Hebrew, Greek, and Latin dictionary. This Hebrew grammar book contains translations and definitions of biblical Hebrew words as well as text from Bible commentary.

This incredibly rare and valuable 1530 edition contains Latin words with Greek and Hebrew translations and grammar.

Item number: #23815
Price: $1950

MUNSTER, Sebastian

שילוש לשונות = Dictionarium trilingue, in quo scilicet Latinis vocabulis : in ordinem alphabeticum digestis respondent Graeca & Hebraica

Basileae: Apud Henricum Petrum, [1530].

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 238
· References: USTC 661202; Adams M 1923
· Language: Hebrew / Latin / Greek
· Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
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Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1942. 1942 issue of the Second Edition, Unabridged, Thumb Indexed on India paper. Published Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1942. Thick folio, 9 1/2" x 12" x 3 1/4" thick, civ+3210pp, illustrated color frontis portrait, color and black and white plates, and reproductions within the text. Bound in blind embossed tan cloth with gilt cover and spine titles, all edge speckle, brown linen endpapers. Minor creasing/wrinkle to several sheets, light wear at the tips, previous owner bookplate on front pastedown, unobtrusive initials on top edge of page block, inscription on verso of frontis, else a very good attractive copy. Clean, pages bright white, unmarked, binding straight, hinges strong, finger tabs all present and attached. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio.

New and Complete Manual of Maori Conversation: Containing Phrases and Dialogues on a Variety of Useful and Interesting Topics, Together with a few General Rules of Grammar; and a Comprehensive Vocabulary, S.A. (Suzanne Aubert a.k.a. Sister Mary Joseph). Published by Lyon and Blair, Wellington, New Zealand, 1885. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall., 197pp. Brown cloth boards with red titles and speckled edges. Boards are square; hinges lightly weakened, rubbing to edges, red titles remain bright. Text block is clean without any markings, tan marks to endpapers, small closed tear at top edge title page and top edge crease to page eight. A rare copy in very good condition.
Suzanne Aubert (1835-1926) was a religious sister who devoted her life to helping others. Her work took her from France to Auckland then to Hawke's Bay, to the Whanganui River and finally to Wellington. And along the way, she founded a new Catholic congregation, cared for children and the sick, by skilfully combining Māori… Read More