New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1914]. First edition, slim 8vo, pp. xxii, 120; text illustrations; extremities worn, else very in original illustrated paper-covered boards. Burgess is best remembered for his The Purple Cow (San Francisco, 1895). Here he defines and amplifies 100 words of his own invention from "agowilt"... More
[Malta]: A.C. Aquilina & Co. [1971]. 8vo, pp. 384, iv; text in double column, previous owner's bookplate, lacks flyleaf, extremities a bit worn, else very good in blue printed wrappers. More
Basileæ Rauracorum: Sumptibus & Typis Ludovici König, 1620. Small 4to, pp. [16], 524; printer's device surround by typographical border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials; bound with: Buxtorf, Johann Jun., Lexicon Chaldaicum et Syriacum, Basileæ: Ex Officina Ludovici Regis, 1622, first edition, pp. [20], 640, printer's device and initials, Vancil... More
Basileae: ex officina Ludovici Regis, 1622. First edition, 8vo, pp. [20], 640; contemporary if not original full vellum, remains of reddish paper label in mss. on upper spine, autograph title also direct on spine, the whole somewhat soiled and stained, the top of the spine showing some chips, and some... More
Basileæ: Ludovic König, 1621. Small, thick 8vo, pp. [16], 960, [71]; full 18th-century vellum, gilt spine, black morocco spine label, manuscript imprint information added to spine foot; a number of leaves browned and/or foxed, else a very good, sound copy. Buxtorf was a leading Hebrew scholar of the late 16th... More
Basileæ: Ludovic König, 1621. Small, thick 8vo, pp. [16], 960, [71]; contemporary full calf, joints cracked, cords holding; one-inch sliver missing from top spine panel, some worming in the margins of Q1-R2 and 2H1-2K6; a number of leaves browned and/or foxed, else a very good, sound copy. Buxtorf was a.... More
Basileæ: Ludovici König, 1631. Editio quarta & ultima, 8vo, pp. [16] 974, [78]; ):(8 A-Zz8 AA-2V8; woodcut printer's mark, initials, and head- and tail-pieces; full contemporary vellum, manuscript spine title; spine considerably darkened; slightly later (1682) ownership inscription on front free endpaper, ink notes and blots throughout, most notably to... More
Basileæ: Ludovici König, 1640. Folio, pp. [12], 2680 columns, [63]; collating: [*1-6], *1-[*6A], A-[4Y2] in fours, 4Z-8N4, 8O1-[8O6]; signature 4Y repeated; copper-engraved portrait and title page, text in double column; full contemporary vellum (considerably soiled), blind-tooled lozenges central on both covers, spine in 9 compartments (bottom one perished), manuscript spine... More
Londini: J. Flesher, 1664. Editio novissima, 12mo, pp. [2], [16] table, 132; one folding table printed in black and red showing "De verbo paradigma explicitum conjugationum Hebraicarum;" contemporary calf with modern rebacking, title and date stamped in gilt on spine, the boards worn and stained and a few smudges to... More
Sofia: Pecatnicata na Voenno-izdatelskija Fond, 1948. First edition, thick 8vo, pp. xvi, 1229; text in double column, toned throughout, slight abrasion on bottom edge, light wear to extremities, otherwise a very good copy in original grey cloth lettered in maroon on upper cover and spine. Zaunmuller 35. More
Bassani: ex typographia Jo. Antonius Remondanus, 1718. 8vo, pp. [8], 464, 111; title page printed in red and black, woodcut vignette on title page, woodcut initials, lexicon in triple column; contemporary quarter unadorned vellum over pastepaper boards; a good, sound copy. Several editions (Labarre notes 20) of the Calepinus Parvus... More
Venetiis: Silvestrum Gatti, 1790. 8vo, pp. 332 [i.e. 432]; [*]2 A-3H4; woodcut printer's device and intials, text in triple column; 19th-century calf-backed marbled boards recently rebacked, red and black gilt spine labels; boards a bit scuffed, else about fine. With the engraved heraldic bookplates of Edward, William Edward, and Robert... More
Venetiis: Ioan. Gryphius excudebat, 1555. Folio, ff. 499, [1]; printer's woodcut device on title page and colophon; woodcut historiated initials; speckeled edges; lexicon in double column; small Italian private library stamp on front pastedown & title page, paper repair to first few leaves, occassional marginal staining; light soiling and edgewear... More
Lugduni: Laurentii Arnaud [et al.], 1681. Editio novissima, 2 volumes, folio, later full calf, red gilt-lettered morocco labels on spines; a good, sound set, but with the engraved vignette on the title-p. of vol. I completely excised, a few old library rubberstamps, mild dampstaining throughout. An Augustine monk, Calipino (1435-1511)... More
Patavii: Typographia Seminarii, 1718. Editio postrema, 2 volumes in one, folio, pp. [8], 1128, 52, 116; title page printer's device, head- and tail-pieces, and initials; lexicon text printed in double column; early 19th-century brown calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine, marbled endpapers; boards and extremities rubbed and shelf worn, front hinge... More
Lugduni: Iacobi Cardon, 1634. Folio, 2 volumes in 1, pp. [12], 902, [2], 815; both title pages printed in red and black, and both with printer's woodcut device, copper-engraved head-piece on dedication page, woodcut initials and ornaments; full contemporary vellum (some soiling), blind-stamped lozenges, later manuscript spine title; supplied endpapers... More
Lugduni: Antonium Gryphium, 1565. Folio, pp. [4], 1190, [2], [28]; A2 a-z8 A-3D8 3E-3F6 2*8 3*6; woodcut printer's mark and initials; full contemporary vellum (some darkening and soil spots), manuscript spine title; strip along top border of upper cover inexpertly cut away, joints cracked, cancelled contemporary ownership inscription on title... More
Basileæ: [Ex Officina Hieronymi Curionis, impensis, Henrichi Petri, 1558]. Small, thick 4to, unpaged; *4 a-z8 B-3Q8 A†-R†8 S†12; F†5-6 misbound after F†2; full contemporary calf, 19th-century terra cotta calf rebacking, blind-lettered spine in 5 compartments, manuscript paper label to spine foot, all edges striped blue; edges a bit worn, worming... More
Venetiis: typis Stephani Curtij, 1689. Folio, 2 parts in 1, pp. [8], 988; 156; first title page printed in red and black, both with printer's woodcut device, text in both double and triple column, woodcut initials and ornaments; contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, red morocco label in... More
Venetiis: typis Stephani Curtij, 1689. Folio, 2 parts in 1, pp. [6], 988; 156; lacking the advertisement leaf [*4]; first title page printed in red and black, both with printer's woodcut device, text in both double and triple column, woodcut initials and ornaments; later maroon calf-backed marbled boards, gilt lettering... More
Venetiis: Typis Ioannis Baptistæ Brigna, 1673. Hac novissima editione à mendis expurgatum, folio, 3 parts in 1, pp. [8], 946, [2], 68, 160; first title page printed in red and black, all with printer's woodcut device, text in double and triple column, woodcut initials and ornaments; full conteporary vellum (soiling)... More
Venetiis: Apud Ioannem Guerilium, 1618. Cui hac nostra sexta editione, folio, [2], 476, 18, 18, 56 ll.; [pi-pi2] A-3M8 3N-3O6 †-3†6 A-C6 A-G8; engraved title page printed in red and black, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces; text in double column; 20th-century cream paper-covered boards, manuscript paper spine label; first... More
Venetiis: Apud Georgium Valentinum, 1625. Quae omnia ex collatione huius nostrae editionis novae, folio, 2 volumes in one, [4], 485, [1], 18, 18, 57, [1] leaves; †4 A-3O8 3P6 [*] †-3†6 A-C6 A-F8 G10; woodcut printer's device, initials, and head- and tail-pieces, title page printed in red and black, text... More
Patavii: Ex Typographia Seminarii...Apud Joannem Manfrè, 1708. Nova hac Editione diligentissimè castigatum, folio, 2 parts in one volume, pp. [8], 952, [2], 392, 228; [†]4 A-3L8 3M-3N10 [*]1 A-3C4 a-n8 o10; title page printed in red and black, wood-cut printer's mark printed in red; contemporary limp paper-covered boards (soiling), yapp... More
Patavii: Typis Seminarii...Apud Joannem Manfrè, 1752. Editio septima emendatior, & auctior, 2 volumes in one, folio, pp. [8], 464, [2], 481, [1], 24, 86; [†]4 A-2P6 2Q4 [*]2 A-2R6 a-h6 i8; f missigned F; woodcut printer's mark and initials, title page printed in red and black, text primarily in double... More
