A Hebrew grammar without the points; designed as an introduction to the knowledge of the inflections and idiom of the Hebrew tongue
Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1813. First edition, 8vo, pp.123, [1]; quarter calf over marbled boards, manuscript paper label on spine; boards rubbed, upper joint starting, textblock clean and sound. One of the first books published at Andover Theological Seminary and for more than thirty years the standard among theological institutions. (Paradise, A history of printing in Andover). Prior to his joining Andover as professor of sacred literature, Stuart had no acquaintance with Hebrew. He immediately began intensive study of the language and became one of the few native-born Americans to know enough to teach it. Lack of funding compelled Stuart to produce his own grammar for the benefit of his students, which was first circulated in manuscript, then printed in 1813, and expanded in 1821. He had to import Hebrew type, and as local printers couldn't properly set it, did much of the setting himself (DAB). While other grammars of Hebrew had been printed in America as accompaniments to lexicographical works, this is one of the earliest, if not the first, separately produced grammar of Hebrew in the States. American Imprints 29896. Item #58749
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