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"As famous for its unintelligibility, as it is sought after for its rarity"

BALTENSZ, Frans. Samaritane, ofte spieghel der godtsvreesentheyt en eerbaerheydt, ofte gespreeck van den Heere, met het rechtgeloovigh wijf van Samaria, oft uyt Jacob van Ephraim van Sichar, beschreven in het vierde capittel van den evangelist Johanne, in prijs voorghestelt, die met vergeldinghe vergolden wordt, volghens de woorden des Heeren. ... Ofte een woordelijcke verclaringhe, van het vierde capittel des evangelist Johanne. Ghedaen door F. B.
Dordrecht, Frans Baltensz., 1648.
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(2) OVERSCHIE, Francois Jakob van. Oiwd niiws of volbragte belofte, by tyd-uytkoop, bestaande in een geheel leeves bestuur, voor den uytgeever en de zyne besonder by een gestelt; ook ten diinst van andre op vriindelyk en sterk aansouk, of 't nut deed, meegedeelt: onder andre is hiir in 't Godlik kindschap beknopt te siin.
Delft, Pieter vander Kloot, 1735.
(3) [NATURA ET ARTE]. Brief, aen den edelen achtbaren Heere Mr. Francois Jacob van Overschie, raed en schepen der stat Delf, op de uitgave van zyn Oiwd Niiws of volbrachte belofte enz.
Rotterdam, Philip Losel, 1735. 3 works in 1 volume, the first in 10 parts. Ad 1: 8vo but mounted into 4to-size leaves; ads 2-3: 4to. Ad 1 with 8 divisional title pages (within collation but also including the impressum, the start of the explanation of the "vijfde capittel" can be found on O4r on the second half of the page). Ad 2 with a woodcut ornament on the title page. Ad 3 signed "Natura et Arte" in brown ink on p. 2. 18th-century gold-tooled olive-brown morocco, with two reddish-brown leather title-labels lettered in gold on the spine, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. 51, [1 blank], 315, [1 blank]; [8], 112, [4]; 8 pp. Full description
€ 2,500
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Charming guide on the Hindustani language, printed in Calcutta

BANESS, Joshua Frederick. Manual of Hindustání or the stranger's Indian interpreter; A practical and easy guide to Hindustání conversation.
Calcutta, W. Newman & Co., 1890. 14 x 8,5 cm. With a woodcut tailpiece at the end of the work. Contemporary red pebble-grain cloth, with the title lettered in gold on the front board. 145, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 375
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Abridged Tibetan Alphabetum from the Propaganda Fide

[BELIGATTI, Giovanni (Cassiono Da MACERATA)]. Alphabetum Tangutanum sive Tibetanum.
Rome, Propaganda Fide, 1773. 8vo. With a folding table, printer's device on title-page and an elaborate woodcut tailpiece after the preliminaries. Modern vellum, green title label. XVI, 138, [2] pp. Full description
€ 1,750
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First Puducherry edition of the first Tamil dictionary, by a Jesuit missionary

BESCHI, Constanzo Guiseppe. A.M.D.G. Grammatica Latino-Tamulica, in qua de vulgari Tamulicae linguae idiomate [in Tamil type: kotun tamil] dicto, fusius tractatur ... Novo edition cum notis, et compendio grammaticae de elegatiori dialecto [1 word in Tamil type] dicta, ab uno missionario apostolico congregationis missionum ad externos.
Puducherry, Apostolic Missionary Printing Office, 1843. 4to. Text set partly in 2 sizes of Tamil type. Contemporary tree calf, gold-tooled spine. [4], VIII, 215, [1 blank], 28, [2] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
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One of the "greatest Maori publications of the 19th century" (Lineham)

[BIBLE - NEW TESTAMENT - MAORI]. Ko te Kawenata Hou a to tatou Ariki a te Kai Whakaora a Ihu Karaiti. He mea whakamaori mai no te Reo Kariki.
London, printed for the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1894. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth. 250, [2 blank] pp. Full description
€ 350
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Urdu Gospel of St Luke and Acts of the Apostles, printed at Calcutta in Arabic type

[BIBLE - LUKE & ACTS - URDU]. The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in Hindustání.
Calcutta (Kolkata), The Bible Translation Society, American and Foreign Bible Society, 1850. 12mo. With the title in Hindustani (Urdu) and English, and the text in Urdu only. The pages procede from right to left like a normal book in Arabic type. Set in 2 sizes of Arabic type with the English title in roman capitals. Contemporary dark brown cloth. [1], [1 blank], 191, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 750
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A catechism in French and Carib

BRETON, Raymond. Petit catechisme ou sommaire des trois premieres parties de la doctrine chrestienne. Traduit du françois, en la langue des Caraibes Insulaires.
Auxerre, Gilles Bouquet, 1664. 8vo. With a small woodcut on the title page showing the Virgin and a woodcut of the Crucifixion on p. 16. Modern half maroon morocco, gold-tooled spine. 70 pp. Full description
€ 12,500
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