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First edition of a rare work on Syrian grammar, with excerpts from important Syrian authors

ADLER, Jacob Georg Christian. Brevis linguae Syriacae insitutio in usum tironum edita.
Altona, Johann David Adam Eckhardt, 1784. 8vo. With a woodcut vignette on the title-page and typographical ornaments at the head of every page. The text is set in Roman and Syriac type. Early 19th-century blue marbled paper wrappers. 64, [1], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 2,950
Catholicism & Eastern Orthodox Church Education & Pedagogy Germany Greek & Non-Western Types Language & Linguistics Literature
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Aesop edited by Heinsius and illustrated by Van Sichem, in a prize-binding with the Amersfoort arms

AESOP. Fabulae ... Graecè & Latinè, nunc denuo selectae: eae item quas Avienus carmine expressit. Accedit Ranarum & murium pugna, Homero olim asscripta. Cum elegantissimis in utroque libello figuris, & utriusque interpretatione plurimis in locis emendata.
Leiden, Joannes Maire, 1632. 8vo. With 47 woodcut illustrations (5 x 6.5 cm) by Christoffel van Sichem II in the text. Contemporary vellum, each board with a panel stamp (59 x 50 mm) of the Amersfoort coat of arms. Most endpapers later. 158, [2] pp. Full description
€ 3,500
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The first Spanish textbook for the Chinese language

AGUILAR, José de. El intérprete chino. Colección de frases sencillas y analizadas para aprender el idioma oficial de China.
Madrid, Manuel Anoz, 1861. 8vo. The text is printed in two columns. Contemporary gold-tooled quarter purple sheepskin. [2], IV, 242, [1 blank], [2] pp. Full description
€ 2,850
China Dictionaries & Encyclopedias Economic History & Trade Language & Linguistics Spain
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With the celebrated Reynard engravings by Allart van Everdingen

ALKMAAR, Hendrik van and Johann Christoph GOTTSCHED (translator). Reineke der Fuchs; nach der Ausgabe von 1498 ins Hochdeutsche übersetzet, und mit einer Abhandlung, von dem Urheber, wahren Alter und grossen Werthe dieses Geschichtes versehen.
Leipzig and Amsterdam, Peter Schenk, (colophon: Leipzig, printed by J.G.I. Breitkopf), 1752. 2 parts in 1 volume. Small folio. With an engraved vignette on the title pages of both parts, and 60 engravings in the text. Contemporary half calf. 52, 340; "93" [=83], [1] pp. Full description
€ 1,850
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Rare 17th-century writing book & instructions, for learning without a master

ALLAIS, Jean Baptiste. L'art d'ecrire.
Paris, chez l'auteur, 1680. Folio. With large woodcut vignette on letterpress title-page, a woodcut headpiece, 2 woodcut decorative initials, decorations built up from cast arabesque fleurons, an engraved calligraphic title-page and 22 (of 23) engraved leaves with calligraphic writing samples and illustrations, all engraved by Louis Senault. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine, and unusual marbled paste-downs. [4], 12 pp. plus 23 (of 24) engr. ll. Full description
€ 2,250
Calligraphy School & Textbooks
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One of the first dictionaries of a vernacular language,
compiled from the works of Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio

ALUNNO, Francesco. Della fabrica del mondo ... libri dieci. Ne'quali si contengono le voci di Dante, del Petrarca, del Boccaccio, & d'altri buoni auttori, mediante le quali si possono scrivendo esprimere tutti i concetti dell'huomo di qualunque cosa creata.
Venice, Paolo Ugolino, 1600. 2 parts in 1 volume. Folio. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page of each part, several decorated woodcut initials and woodcut headpieces.
With: PORCACCHI, Tomasso. Vocabolario nuovo ... Sopra molte voci, che per avanti nella Fabrica erano grandemente desiderate. Contemporary Italian limp vellum, with the manuscript title on the spine. [34], "263" [= 262], [1 blank]; 17 ll. Full description
€ 650
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias Italian Literature Italy Language & Linguistics
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A dissertation from Manila's Jesuit University on practical mathematics for the military

ARAYA, Fernando de. Conclusiones mathematicas, practicas, y especulativas defendidas en el principio del segundo año ...
Manila, Nicolas de la Cruz Bagay, 1758. 4to. With engraved equestrian portrait of Ferdinand VI, King of Spain and Emperor of the Indies as a frontispiece. Contemporary salmon-coloured silk over flexible boards, preserved in modern portfolio. [4], 4 ll. Full description
€ 8,750
Mathematics Military History (18th Century) Philippines School & Textbooks Southeast Asia
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First edition of a French-Annamese (Vietnamese) dictionary, printed in Bangkok by the Catholic missionaries

AUBARET, Louis Gabriel Galdéric. Vocabulaire Français-Annamite et Annamite-Français, précédé d'un traité des particules annamites, rédigé par les sions de M. Aubaret lieutenant de Vaisseau, chevalier de la Legion d'honneur.
Bangkok, Thailand, Imprimerie de la mission catholique, 1861. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. Contemporary half-sheepskin, smooth back. [4], XCVI, 157 pp. Full description
€ 3,750
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias Language & Linguistics Literature Philippines Southeast Asia VOC
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Treatise on education and pedagogy based on the Christian religion

BASEDOW, Johann Bernhard. Methodischer Unterricht der Jugend in der Religion und Sittenlehre der Vernunft nach dem in der Philalethie angegebenen Plane.
Altona, David Iversen, 1764.With: (2) BASEDOW, Johann Bernhard. Methodischer Unterricht in der überzeugenden Erkenntniss der biblischen Religion, zur vorgesetzten Ausführung des in der Philalethie angegebenen Plans.
Altona, David Iversen, 1764.
2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. With an engraved illustration on both title-pages (not identical) and some woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Slightly later brown pastepaper boards, with title-label on spine, red sprinkled edges. LXII, 272; XXXII, 224, 144 pp. Full description
€ 2,000
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