GROSE'S CLASSICAL DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TOUNGE / SECOND EDITION by UNKNOWN - 1888

First edition, limited issue of 100 numbered copies issued signed by Mandela on the title page. Copy #42. Published to benefit the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund. Edited with a Preface by Penny Silva. Dark blue full morocco, gilt lettering, satin pagemarker, limitation page. Issued without dustjacket. Cloth-covered slipcase. Slipcase with one corner with slight bump; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition. The first dictionary of South African English, mapping the development and changes of "that variety of English which is particular to South Africa."

Amsterdam: Johannes Wolters, 1714. Calfskin. Very Good. Theophili Golii Grammatica Graeca, sive Educatio Puerilis Linguae Graecae. Pro Gymnasio Argentinensi primum conscripta, jamque denuo ab Authore aucta & recognita. Editio novissima prioribus corectior & distinctior. Amstaelodami, apud Joannem Wolters, 1714. Front endpapers bear a 1726 young scholar's note as well as the bookplate of oil tycoon John W. McReynolds; a few additional, small inky spots and one brief note within the page block, none obstructive; ffep and first blank leaf bear open tears at bottom free corners and a short closed tear at foreedge of title, and both endpapers show light foxing, with residue of decoration at page block edges, otherwise sound, two-color printing with some spectacular ligatures. Firmly bound octavo in contemporary calf, five bands, spine panel modestly crazed with a title plate chipped at the right but with gilt remaining; mottled nutmeg-colored boards have fared much better, bearing only a scuff at the… Read More

London: Kelly & Walsh, 1912. Second, revised and enlarged edition of Giles' monumental work, the most complete Chinese-English dictionary ever published. This massive early work still retains rich value as a reference for both student and researcher to the present day--while virtually all currently available Chinese English dictionaries consist of less than 9,000 characters, Giles' work includes some 13,848 distinct characters. Again in marked conrast to current works, all characters are reproduced in a large, easily viewed scale. Pronunciation is provided in Romanized Beijing (Mandarin), Cantonese, Hakka, Fuzhou, Wenzhou, Ningpo (of which Shanghainese is a relative), Yangzhou, Sichuan and 'mid-China' dialects, as well as in Korean, Japanese and Annamese (Vietnamese). Annexes include table of Imperial Chinese official ranks, a huge list of family names, incuding many now very rarely encountered, a list and chronology of Chinese dynasties, topographical details including provinces… Read More

1565 FAMOUS Calepino Dictionary Lexicon Language FOLIO Woodcuts Aldus Calepinus
Ambrogio Calepino was a 15th-century Italian lexicographer who is remembered only by his Latin dictionary. This 1565 Latin edition was published by the famed Gryphius and includes thousands of entries describing roots of words and definitions.
Item number: #17990
Price: $1500
CALEPINO, Ambrogio
Ambrosii Calepini Dictionarium, tanta tamque multa verborum, tum Latinorum, tum etiam Græcorum, quæ suis Latinis bellissimè respondent, loquendíque formularum, accessione adauctum & locupletatum, ut Thesaurus linguæ Latinæ, non injuriâ, dici possit.
Lugduni, Antonium Gryphium, 1565.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[4], 1190, [28]
· References: USTC 65772
· Language: Latin / Greek / Italian / French / Spanish
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~15in X 10.5in (38cm x 26cm)
· Very rare and desirable
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Central Africana Limited, 1996. Cloth. No dj. Near Fine. Text block is clean and bright with no ownership marks. Binding is tight. Cloth shows minor shelf wear. Photo is of the copy at Barbed Wire Books.

First edition, limited issue of 100 numbered copies issued signed by Mandela on the title page. Copy #42. Published to benefit the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund. Edited with a Preface by Penny Silva. Dark blue full morocco, gilt lettering, satin pagemarker, limitation page. Issued without dustjacket. Cloth-covered slipcase. Slipcase with one corner with slight bump; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition. The first dictionary of South African English, mapping the development and changes of "that variety of English which is particular to South Africa."

Amsterdam: Johannes Wolters, 1714. Calfskin. Very Good. Theophili Golii Grammatica Graeca, sive Educatio Puerilis Linguae Graecae. Pro Gymnasio Argentinensi primum conscripta, jamque denuo ab Authore aucta & recognita. Editio novissima prioribus corectior & distinctior. Amstaelodami, apud Joannem Wolters, 1714. Front endpapers bear a 1726 young scholar's note as well as the bookplate of oil tycoon John W. McReynolds; a few additional, small inky spots and one brief note within the page block, none obstructive; ffep and first blank leaf bear open tears at bottom free corners and a short closed tear at foreedge of title, and both endpapers show light foxing, with residue of decoration at page block edges, otherwise sound, two-color printing with some spectacular ligatures. Firmly bound octavo in contemporary calf, five bands, spine panel modestly crazed with a title plate chipped at the right but with gilt remaining; mottled nutmeg-colored boards have fared much better, bearing only a scuff at the… Read More

London: Kelly & Walsh, 1912. Second, revised and enlarged edition of Giles' monumental work, the most complete Chinese-English dictionary ever published. This massive early work still retains rich value as a reference for both student and researcher to the present day--while virtually all currently available Chinese English dictionaries consist of less than 9,000 characters, Giles' work includes some 13,848 distinct characters. Again in marked conrast to current works, all characters are reproduced in a large, easily viewed scale. Pronunciation is provided in Romanized Beijing (Mandarin), Cantonese, Hakka, Fuzhou, Wenzhou, Ningpo (of which Shanghainese is a relative), Yangzhou, Sichuan and 'mid-China' dialects, as well as in Korean, Japanese and Annamese (Vietnamese). Annexes include table of Imperial Chinese official ranks, a huge list of family names, incuding many now very rarely encountered, a list and chronology of Chinese dynasties, topographical details including provinces… Read More

1565 FAMOUS Calepino Dictionary Lexicon Language FOLIO Woodcuts Aldus Calepinus
Ambrogio Calepino was a 15th-century Italian lexicographer who is remembered only by his Latin dictionary. This 1565 Latin edition was published by the famed Gryphius and includes thousands of entries describing roots of words and definitions.
Item number: #17990
Price: $1500
CALEPINO, Ambrogio
Ambrosii Calepini Dictionarium, tanta tamque multa verborum, tum Latinorum, tum etiam Græcorum, quæ suis Latinis bellissimè respondent, loquendíque formularum, accessione adauctum & locupletatum, ut Thesaurus linguæ Latinæ, non injuriâ, dici possit.
Lugduni, Antonium Gryphium, 1565.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
[4], 1190, [28]
· References: USTC 65772
· Language: Latin / Greek / Italian / French / Spanish
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~15in X 10.5in (38cm x 26cm)
· Very rare and desirable
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping… Read More

Central Africana Limited, 1996. Cloth. No dj. Near Fine. Text block is clean and bright with no ownership marks. Binding is tight. Cloth shows minor shelf wear. Photo is of the copy at Barbed Wire Books.