Author: Franklin Bowdritch Dexter (ed)
Title: The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles
Description: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. Cloth. A collection of the literary notes of former Yale professor, Ezra Stiles. Three volumes in a uniform cloth binding. Set includes: Volume I: January 1 1769-March 13 1776 Volume II: March 14th 1776-December 31st 1781 Volume III: January 1st, 1782-May 6th, 1795. Illustrated throughout with six tissue-guarded plates. In 1778, Stiles was appointed president of Yale, a post he held until his death. As president of Yale, Stiles became its first professor of Semitics, and required all students to study Hebrew (as Harvard students already did); his first commencement address in September 1781 (no ceremonies having been held during the American Revolutionary War) was delivered in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic. Complete in three volumes. In blue cloth bindings. Externally, generally smart, though with some marks and bumping. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just the odd instance of foxing. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .
Keywords: Yale Ezra Stiles Illustrated Professor Ezra Stiles Semitics Various
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Title: The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles
Description: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. Cloth. A collection of the literary notes of former Yale professor, Ezra Stiles. Three volumes in a uniform cloth binding. Set includes: Volume I: January 1 1769-March 13 1776 Volume II: March 14th 1776-December 31st 1781 Volume III: January 1st, 1782-May 6th, 1795. Illustrated throughout with six tissue-guarded plates. In 1778, Stiles was appointed president of Yale, a post he held until his death. As president of Yale, Stiles became its first professor of Semitics, and required all students to study Hebrew (as Harvard students already did); his first commencement address in September 1781 (no ceremonies having been held during the American Revolutionary War) was delivered in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic. Complete in three volumes. In blue cloth bindings. Externally, generally smart, though with some marks and bumping. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just the odd instance of foxing. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .
Keywords: Yale Ezra Stiles Illustrated Professor Ezra Stiles Semitics Various
Price: GBP 275.00 = appr. US$ 392.70 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: SET10-B-2
- Book number: SET10-B-2
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