[ARCHAEOLOGY - PHILOLOGY] BARTHÉLEMY, Jean-Jacques and others.

[Collection of texts on early archaeology and philology].[Various places], [various publishers], 1760-1827.Containing:(1) [CHRISTIE'S - LONDON]. A list of the very rare and valuable Aethiopic and other oriental manuscripts, collected by the celebrated traveller, James Bruce, esq. of Kinnaird, taken from the catalogue of them made by the late Alexander Murray, editor of the travels by Mr. Bruce in Abyssinia.[London, 1827].(2) WEBER, Georg Friedrich. Observationes sacrae circa funera populorum orientis. ...Strasbourg, Johann Heinrich Heitz, [1767].With a woodcut headpiece, tailpieces (2) and open-sided factotum.(3) SEYFFARTH, Gustav [and Friedrich August Wilhelm SPOHN]. Brevis defensio hieroglyphices. Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1827.(4) SCHLICHTEGROLL, Friedrich von. Ueber die bey Rosette in Aegypten gefundene dreyfache Inschrift...München, printed by Ignaz Joseph Lentner, [1818?].(5) BARTHÉLEMY, Jean-Jacques. Explication de la mosaïque de Palestrine. Paris, H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1760.With 1 large folding engraved plate of the mosaic, 1 plate showing the names of animals written in the mosaic. Bound with it is an unrelated engraved plate on a 4to leaf, showing Samaritan medals (drawn and engraved by Poisson in 1790) that accompanied another one of Barthélemy’s publications.(6) BARTHÉLEMY, Jean-Jacques. Lettre de m. l'abbé Barthelemy ...[Paris, 1760].With 2 plates of the Phoenician medals and Phoenician inscriptions found on Malta, with an elaborate woodcut headpiece and a woodcut tailpiece.(7) BARTHÉLEMY, Jean-Jacques. Seconde lettre de m. l'abbé Barthelemy, ... sur quelques médailles Phéniciennes. [Paris, 1763].With one plate of the Phoenician medals and the same elaborate woodcut headpiece as ad 6.(8) [PARQUOY (assistant to l’abbé François BEJOT at the Bibliothèque du Roi). Lettre à messieurs les auteurs du Journal des Savans, sur un projet d'edition du Syncelle.[Paris, 1778].(9) BARTHÉLEMY, Jean-Jacques. Lettre a monsieur le Marquis Olivieri, au sujet de quelques monuments Phéniciens ... Paris, L.F. Delatour (printer), 1766.With 4 plates (numbered I-IV, nos. I & III folding), the first 3 signed by P.L Charpentier, of Phoenician inscriptions, alphabet and medals. With a woodcut (oak branches with a ribbon) on the title-page and a woodcut headpiece.(10) [D'ANSSE DE VILLOISON, Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard (draughtsman) and DROÜET (engraver)]. Alphabetum codicis bibliothecae coislininae, nunc sangermanensis, ineunte decimo saeculo manu exarati, ex quo Apollonii lexicon descriptum est. Paris, 1771.10 works in 1 volume. 4to. A wholly engraved monograph, in Greek and Latin with a few words of Syriac.Mid-19th-century half red goatskin morocco, sewn on 4 supports, gold-tooled spine (blind-tooled fillets) with the cypher monogram of a French count in compartments 1, 3 & 5 and “l’abbé|Barthelemy” and “Dissertations|1760-1792” in mid-19th-century roman capitals across compartments 2 & 4, “agathe” chemical-marbled sides, Spanish-marbled endpapers, red sprinkled edges, green ribbon marker.

16; 43, [1 blank]; 24; 28, XIV; [2], 44; 12; 8; 12; [1], [1 blank], 45, [1 blank]; 9, [1 blank] pp.Very important collection of essays and other texts marking the establishment of archaeology and philology as serious scientific disciplines. While still drawing from the experience and works of "antiquarians" who studied antiquity in a more amateurish and occasional way, the authors of the present works attempted to work more methodically towards greater discoveries. This renewed interest in antiquity and the move to studying it in a more scientific way came as a result of several major 18th-century discoveries like the Herculaneum (1709), Pompeii (1748) and the Rosetta Stone (1799, see ad 4).Naturally, Egyptology is also a well-represented subject in the present work. It includes a fabulous depiction and detailed description and explanation of the Nile mosaic of Palestrina (ad 5), a floor mosaic depicting the flow of the river Nile from the Blue Nile in Ethiopia to the Mediterranean Sea. Additionally, the study of hieroglyphs and differing views on deciphering the Ancient Egyptian scripts can be found in ads 3 and 4.Philology, in this case the study of language in written historical sources (not in oral ones), is a returning subject in many of the essays in the present work, including the Christie's auction catalogue, since it comprises a list of written historical sources in the form of oriental (especially Ethiopic) manuscripts collected by James Bruce. Four works by the abbot and scholar Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716-1795) are also included. He was the first to decipher two alphabets of ancient extinct languages: Palmyrene and Phoenician. His works also include descriptions, depictions and explanations of Phoenician medals and the collection of texts in the present volume ends with an engraved example of the Phoenician alphabet.The monogram on the binding (based on Louis XIV’s but with a count’s crown instead of the royal crown) suggests that the collection was bound for a (Bourbon?) Count (Louis?) in the mid-19th century. Olivier, Reliures armoriées Françaises, records many examples with the royal crown, but only one with a count’s crown (plate 1095, no. 3) and it does not resemble the present one and is much older: Ange-Laurent de la Live de Jully (1725-1779). Boards slightly worn, mainly at the extremities, occasional foxing and browning, mainly to ad 3 and 4, fore-edge of ad 1 and foot of ad 3 and 4 slightly frayed, upper headband broken but complete. Otherwise in good condition.l Ad 1: WorldCat (5 copies). Ad 2: VD18 15073807; WorldCat (15 copies). Ad 3: WorldCat (6 entries, multiple copies). Ad 4: WorldCat (3 entries, multiple copies). Ad 5: WorldCat (2 entries, multiple copies). Ad 6: WorldCat (8 copies). Ad 7: WorldCat (3 copies). Ad 8: WorldCat (1 copy). Ad 9: WorldCat (3 entries, multiple copies). Ad 10: WorldCat (3 copies).

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LITTLE FRANK And Other Tales. Chiefly in Words of One Syllable. Uncle John's library. First Series. No. 3

Boston: W. J. Reynolds, 20 Cornhill, (n. d.). 1st printing, ca mid 1840s. OCLC records two holding institutions: Am Phil Soc & Peabody Essex. Printed light blue coated paper covers. Bright yellow eps. Publisher series advert to back wrapper [listing 6 titles]. 61, [3 (blank)] pp. Wood-engraved illustration p. [4] signed "FEW" (i.e. Fernando Edwards Worcester); p. 41 signed "Gordon sc." (i.e. John G. Gordon?). 8vo. 5-1/2" x 4-5/8". Wrappers show wear & soiling, with edge rash. Foxing & browing throughout. Period poi to preliminary blank. A Good-plus copy. Contents: 1. The Owl; 2. John Grant's Return from Sea; 3. Little Frank and the Rat; 4. Frank and a Field Mouse; 5. A True Tale of a Little Girl Who Fell into a Tan-Pit; 6. The Useful Dog; 7. George and Rose's Long Walk; 8. The Glow-Worm; 9. A Tale of the North.

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FORREST, R.A.D.:

The Chinese Language. Lot of 7 books. 1) FORREST, R.A.D.: The Chinese Language. n.d. (ca. 1945), 352 p., clothbound, spine discoloured / 2) Yuen Ren Chao: Character Text for Mandarin Primer. 1948, 146 p., cloth / 3) Chinese Dictionnary (only in Chinese; monolanguage). 1959, ca. 250 p., half-cloth / 4) (Chinese Reader, Title in Chinese). 1980, 2 ll. + 7 p. + 142 p. + 5 plates, wrappers / 5) SHU-LI, Chao:The Tale of Li Youcai's Rhymes. Introductuion and Notes by Susan S. H. Mac Donald. 1970, Frontispice + LXVIII + 67 p., wrappers / 6) 1. Structure Drill in Chinese. National Language. Gwoyeu. Speech Patterns / First Fifty Patterns. 1959, XII + 101 p., cloth / 7) Chinese Dictionnary; with pronounciation of the words in English.1963, 25 p. + 914 p., cloth.

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Schostakowitsch, D.:

[Op. 20] Symphony No. 3. "May First". Words by S. Kirsanov. Score

Moskwa : State Publishers "Music", PN 9000 1975. 148 S. Gr. 4°. OLn. Vorsatz mit kl. Besitzvermerk. Gewicht/weight ca. 1200 gr. Hulme (2) S. 45. TItel Kyrillisch / Englisch.

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TORRENTINUS, Hermannus (Herman van der BEKE).

Elucidarius poeticus continens historias poeticas, fabulas, insulas, regiones, urbes, fluvios, montesq[ue] insigniores, atq[ue] huiusmodi alia, omnib[us] adolescentibus in poesi versantibus oppidoquam necessarius, ...Cologne, Eucharius Cervicornus (colophon: Godefried Hittorp), July 1529. With the title in an elaborate woodcut architectural border with the Cologne coat of arms in the head, the death of Cleopatra in the foot, further figures in the right and left sides and 3 putti, one holding a shield with a monogram or mark, perhaps of the artist or woodblock cutter. Set in roman types with 8 and 14 mm roman capitals used as initials. With: (2) FREUDENBERG, Aethon Johann von. De abusu & impostura medicantiu[m] libellus perquam utilis jucundusq[ue] omnibus, quibus cum medicis erit negocium.Marburg, Eucharius Cervicornus, 1538. With 1 woodcut decorated initial (white on black with floral decoration) and a vine-leaf ornament (Vervliet 7). Set in roman type with the dedication in an Aldine-style italic and with occasional words in Greek.2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Sheepskin parchment (ca. 1700?), sewn on 4 supports, red edges, first title lettered in ink in the second spine compartment.

[85], [1 blank]; [23] ll.Ad 1: A rare 1529 Cologne edition, in the original Latin, of the most important and influential early encyclopaedia or dictionary of classical history, geography and mythology, including the author’s preface to the first edition of 1498. It gives concise accounts, ranging from one line to more than half a page, of people, mythological figures, regions, cities, mountains, rivers, objects, etc. from classical times, gathered mainly from classical literature and arranged in alphabetical order. Ad 2: Rare first and only edition, in the original Latin, of the only work written by Aethon Johann von Freudenberg: a pamphlet exposing the abuses perpetrated by dishonest or incompetent doctors and the dangers of the inappropriate medications or treatments they prescribe. Dommer’s extensive bibliography of the earliest books printed in Marburg overlooked this edition.Ad 1 with on the title-page a ca. 1563 donation(?) inscription for the San Pantaleon church (in Venice) by the heirs of the Florentine painter Francesco de Rossi (1510-1563), and on the blank final page 16 lines of manuscript notes (early 17th-century?), signed “Joannes Walker”, perhaps the British student of that name (b. ca. 1606/07) who registered at Leiden University in 1632. Ad 2 with manuscript notes on an endleaf preserved from an earlier (late 16th- or early 17th-century?) binding. With water stains in the first few leaves of ad 1 and throughout ad 2, ad 2 also lacking its final blank leaf and with a small defect in the foot margin of the title-page, but both works still in good condition. Two rare editions by the same publisher (who had offices in both Cologne and Marburg), one an important classical dictionary and the other the first and only edition of a polemic against medical malpractice.l Ad 1: VD16, T1611 (2 copies); USTC 649866 (4 copies); WorldCat (2 copies); ad 2: Durling 1655; VD16, ZV6166 (3 copies); USTC 609523 (4 copies); WorldCat (7 copies); not in Dommer, Die ältesten Drucke aus Marburg (1527-1566).

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