[BURMESE]

Alphabetum barmanorum seu regni avensis. Rome, typis Sac. Congregationis de Propagande Fide, 1787.

. Small 8vo. Pp. xvi (incl. one blank leaf), 64. With text in Latin and Pali written in Burmese script, within woodcut ornamental border. With one folding engraved plate signed G. Expilly. Near contemporary half calf on tree marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt and with title label. Beautiful decorated endpapers. Bookplate. Second edition (first 1776) of the first work to be printed with Burmese characters. The types were partly recast in this edition, and the text rewritten by Cajetanus Mantegatius and Johannes Percotius. Birrell & Garnett 21. Birrell & Garnett 21. Cordier BI 351. Herbert & Milner: "South-East Asia. Languages and literatures", pp. 9. Smitskamp PO 212.

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Book number: 38002

Catalogue: Southeast Asia

Keywords: Southeast Asia, burma, burmese, pali, language, alphabet, langue, linguistic, grammar, asia, asiatic, asien, asie, far east. east, eastern,

[CHOFFIN, DAVID ÉSTIENNE]:

Amusemens philologiques: ou mélange agréable de diverses pieces, Concernant l'histoire des personnes célébres, les evènemens mémorables, les usages & les monumens des anciens, la morale, la mythologie, & l'histoire naturelle. Two volumes. Halle 1755 & 1757.

. Pp. (xxx), 480; (xxii), 448, table (30). With titles printed in red and black, 2 engraved frontispieces and 9 engraved plates. Including plates of the coffee, tea and cacao plants. Contemporary half calf, worn, joints cracked. Choffin (1703-73) was a French linguist and professor at Halle. This work was repinted many times. Barbier i,160. Cf Cioranescu 19541.

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Book number: 18024

Catalogue: Language

Keywords: Language, natural history, coffee, tea, cacao, ethnography, language, langue, linguistic

[JAPAN - SCHOOLBOOK].

Anec-Dote. A Book of Lessons for the Use of Schools. Published by Permission of the School Kaiseijo. Second edition. Numadz, Itiro W.N. & Co., Meiji 4th (1871).

. Small 8vo. (ii), 42. Text in English. With Japanese title and Japanese list of content printed on pastedowns. Sewn as issued in original wrappers, printed title label on front cover, stained, internally fine. With some red chop stamps. Comprises short essays about Columbus' discoveries of America; Peter the Great; Isaac Newton; the astronomer James Ferguson; and the French Revolution. At this time the school of Kaiseijo was the main institution of Western learning sponsored by the shogunate. Seems scarce.

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Book number: 121083

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japnese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, language, linguistic, langue, schoolbook, literature,

[WALLIN, GEORG AUGUST (Ed.) / IBN MALIK / BADR AL-DIN IBN MALIK]:

Badr al-Din Muhammad & Jamal al-Din Muhammad Ibn 'Abdullah Ibn Malik Sharh Badr al-Din 'ala qasida walidihi al-'ulama Ibn Malik al-mashura bi-lamiyat al-af'al. Helinski, F. Liewendal, 1851.

. 12mo. Pp. (1), 41. With lithographed naskh script, 17 lines on each page within a black border. Stab-sewn as issued. A rare edition of the Lamiyat al-Af'al' by the renowned Arab grammarian Ibn Malik together with a commentary by his son Badr al-Din. Edited by Georg Wallin, acclaimed Finnish orientalist and Arabian scholar. Lamiyat al-Af'al' is a metrical work of ilm al-sarf (the science of morphology) in Arabic grammar. Ibn Malik (Abu 'Abd Allah Jamal al-Din Muhammad) (1204-74) was born in Andalusia and moved East to study in Aleppo. He finally settled in Damascus where he taught language, literature, Koranic recitation etc. He is mainly known for his versification of textbooks, the most famous being a poem titled al-Alfiya. Ibn Malik's grammatical works were core texts in a traditional Islamic curriculum, particularly in Egypt, where Wallin spent eighteen months living as a Muslim in 1844-5. This text was presumably lithographed because of lack of Arabic types in Helsinki. We have only found one listed library copy, at British Library. See Encyclopedia of Arabic literature, p. 347. Zenker BO II, 121.

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Book number: 121116

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, Arabic, syria, syrian, grammar, language langue, literature, prose,

[ARABIC]

[Collection of three works] DE PERCEVAL, ARMAND-PIERRE CAUSSIN: Grammaire arabe vulgaire, pour les dialectes d'Orient et de Barbarie. Paris, Dondey-Dupré, 1833.

. Pp. xvi, 172, (12) with Arabic text. Second edition (first 1824). De Perceval, at age twenty went to Constantinople as a translator. He visited Turkey and Lebanon before settling in Aleppo appointed as a dragoman. Upon his return to Paris he was appointed professor of Arabic at the College de France and later entering the Academy of Inscriptions in 1849. Gay 3389. Zenker, BO i, 254. Vater p. 28. BOUND WITH: BLED DE BRAINE, J.F.: Cours synthétique, analytique et pratique de langue arabe, arrangé a l'usage des colléges et des écoles, ou les dialectes vulgaires africains d'Alger, de Maroc, de Tunis et d'Égypte, ... Ouvrage divisé en 12 lecons ... Paris, Théophile Barrois, 1846. Pp. xxii, (2), 536. The author was director of the Arab schools in Algiers. Ibrahim Hilmy I, p.76. AND WITH: HÉLOT, LEON & HENRI: Fables de Lokman, surnommé le Sage, en arabe et en français, ... de notes et d'une traduction français au net par L. et H. Hélot. Paris, Théophile Barrois, 1847. (iv), iv, 102 , (2). Lambrecht 854, 879 & 1497. Bound together in contemporary boards, flat calf spine with title printed in gilt, somewhat rubbed. Bookplate. The French translation of the work is arranged by its juxtaposition against the corresponding Arabic words, meaning it creates a somewhat helpful and useful literal, linear arrangement of words against each word contained in the many famous fables, helping the reader recognize Arabic words, understand their meanings, enjoy the text of a fable, all at the same time, while gradually advancing in the study of the Arabic language. Luqman (also known as Luqman The Wise, Luqmaan, Lukman, and Luqman al-Hakeem Arabic: ) was a wise man for whom Surat Luqman (Arabic: ), the thirty-first sura (chapter) of the Qur'an, was named. Luqman (c. 1100 BC) is believed to be from Ethiopia in Africa.[1][2] There are many stories about Luqman in Arabic and Turkish literature and the primary historical sources are the Tafsir ibn Kathir and Stories of the Qur'an by Ibn Kathir. 

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Book number: 27019

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, arabic, arabia, middle east, near east, language, linguistic, langue,

[MÌORI NEWSPAPER].

A collection of twenty-five issues of "Te Waka Maori o Niu Tirani". Comprises twenty-three issues: volume 12:1-23. Wellington, George Didsbury, 1876. AND: Two issues: volume 1:2 & 1:13. Gisborne, Poverty Bay, James Grindell, 1878.

. Folio (18.9 x 31.3 cm). The first twenty-three issues of 1876 are bound together in contemporary half calf, rubbed. Pp. 1-300. With parallel text of Ma›ri and English. With horizontal fold in the middle, two hole punches at inner margin, last leaf with minor text loss. Some minor staining. "Te Waka Maori o Niu Tirani" published between 1871-9 was edited by James Grindell. The intention was to revive the old "Te Waka Maori o Ahuriri" which had ceased publication in July 1871. Williams 463. AND: Four issues of "Ko te Kahiti o Niu Tireni" (1876) are also withbound.AND: Two additional issues of "Te Waka Maori o Niu Tirani" from 1878, as issued, unbound, one (no. 13) has a strip of paper along spine. Both are strengthened at outer edge. One (13) partly with some small holes going through text, some marginal loss of paper, some staining. All the papers are housed in a specially made box. Printed for the "Gisborne M‹ori News paper company". Williams 554.

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Book number: 121331

Catalogue: Oceania incl. Pacific

Keywords: Oceania incl. Pacific, new zealand, maori, newspaper, language, linguistic, langue, exploration, history,

[PHRASE BOOK FOR TRADERS].

An English Chinese and Japanese Conversation. Nichi-kan-ei gogen goheki. Tokyo, Yamada Tashiro, Taisho 4, 1915.

. Oblong 8vo. Size: 13 x 19 cm. Pp. (viii), viii, 195, (1) blank, (1). Characters written in three columns, also including phonetics. Contemporary half cloth on marbled paper boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, somewhat rubbed. Inscriptions to front free endpaper and some annotations in the text. Later edition (first 1888). The first part consists of a vocabulary arranged by subject. The second part contains conversations to help visitors and traders in different situations. Scarce. Only one copy of a 1906 edition recorded in OCLC.

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Book number: 120028

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, china, japanese, chinese, japon, chine, asia, asie, asiatic, vocabulary, language, langue, lingusitic, commerce, trade,

[HINDUSTANI].

Gramatica Indostana a mais vulgar que se practica no Imperio do gram Mogol. Offerecida aos muitos reverendos padres missionarios do ditto imperio. Roma, Propaganda Fide, 1778.

. Pp. 136, (2) + last leaf blank. Portuguese and Romanized Urdu text. Woodcut vignette on title and a few more. Small wormhole in one leaf (pp. 5/6). A crisp, uncut copy in contemporary wrappers. First edition of a Jesuit study of the Hindustani language prepared for the use of Portuguese missionaries working in northern India. Includes an extensive vocabulary.

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Book number: 120552

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, india, inde, indian,indiska, language, langue, linguistic, hindustani, urdu,

[BEIRUT IMPRINT].

Linguae syriacae grammatica et chrestomathiola cum glossario scholis accommodata. Auctore H.G.S.J. Berythi Phoeniciorum, typographia Pp. Soc. Jesu, 1890.

. Pp. 88 (4); 54 (5); 36, (2). Comprising three parts; grammatica, chrestomathia and glossarium. Contemporary half vellum, title label on spine, rubbed, short split to upper part of front hinge. Mission stamp on title. A scarce work on the Syriac language published by the Jesuits in Beirut, probably at St. Joseph's University.

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Book number: 38031

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, syria, syriac, language, langue, linguistic, near east, east, eastern, asia, asiatic, asie, asien,

[BORDELON, LAURENT]:

The management of the tongue. Under these following heads. 1. Of conversation. 2. The babbler. 3. The silent man. 4. The witty man. 5. The droll. 6. The jester. 7. The disputer. 8. The opinionater. (&c.). Done out of French. London, by D. Leach for N. Rhodes, 1706.

. Pp. (xxiv), 272. Modern marbled boards, calf spine with five raised bands and red title label. First English edition of a collection of aphorisms and apothegms originally published in French in 1705. Containing 27 different 'characters' including the flatterer, the ill tongue, the promiser, the instructor, the language of love, etc. "There is nothing more easy than to speak; and therefor we see many great and fine speakers: There is nothing more difficult than to do; and therefor we see very few doers". (introduction). Cioranescu 42888.

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Book number: 35053

Catalogue: Language

Keywords: Language, language, linguistics, languages

[HINDUSTANI].

The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, in the Hindustani language. Translated from the Greek, by the Calcutta Baptist missionaries with native assistants. Calcutta, The Baptist Mission Press, 1844.

. Pp. (vi), 720. Text in Hindustani or Urdu written in Perso-Arabic script. Including title in English. Contemporary panelled calf, flat spine ruled in gilt and with title lables, somewhat rubbed, corners worn, small repair to front cover. Stamp on title. Reprint of the 1839 edition translated by William Yates. Darlow & Moule 5299.

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Book number: 42023

Catalogue: South Asia

Keywords: South Asia, india, pakistan, hindustan, hindustani, urdu, language, langue, linguistic, bible, biblia, asia , asie, asien, asiatic

[PERSIA & JAPAN].

Persian literature. Comprising the Shâh Nâhem, the Rubâi'yât, the Divan and the Gulistan. With a special introduction by Richard J.H. Gottheil, Ph.d. AND: Japanese literature. Including selections from Genji monogatari and classical poetry and drama of Japan. With critical and biographical sketches by Epiphanius Wilson. Revised ed. Two volumes. London & New York, The Colonial Press, 1900.

. Pp. xvi, 410; (ii),125 + iv, 296 pp. First querie of volume one starting to loosen. With 4 plates of fac-similes from interesting rare works. Uncut, crisp copy in publisher's cloth.

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Book number: 15044

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, persia, japan, persian, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, literature, language, langue

[TURKISH / ARABIC].

Petit dictionnaire francais - turc - italien - arabe a l'usage du Collège d'Alep et des autres écoles de la custodie franciscaine de Terre-Sainte. Jérusalem, Imprimerie des PP. Franciscains, 1880.

. Pp. (viii), 603, (1). Front endpaper missing. Original printed boards, cloth spine with title label. Some minor browning.

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Book number: 23100

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, turkish, arabic, ottoman, french, aleppo, jerusalem, language, langue, linguistic, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, POLYGOT

[QUINQUARBOREO, JOHANN [CINQUARBRES, JEAN]:

De re grammatica hebraeorum opus, in gratiam studiosorum linguae sanctae methodo quàm facilima coscriptum. Secunda editio cum authoris locupleti recognitione. Paris, Martin Juvenem (Le Jeune), 1549.

. Small 4to. Pp. 182, (2). Old ownership inscription on title. Period style limp vellum, bevelled edges. (by B. Middleton). First published in 1546, this is the second edition. Rare. Le Jeune, bookprinter in Paris 1548-84, was one of the few in Paris who could print Hebrew characters at this time. Index Aurel 142282 (one copy only, in Bibl. Nat.). Smitskamp PO 15. Steinschneider HB 1603.

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Book number: 99302

Catalogue: Near East

Keywords: Near East, hebrew, holy land, asia, asien, asie, language, langue

[MONTUCCI, ANTONIO]:

SINOLOGUS BEROLINENSIS (Pseud.): Remarques philologiques sur les voyages en Chine de M. De Guignes. Berlin, aux frais de l'auteur et se trouve chez H.J. Hitzig [and others], Printed by Jean Frédéric Starcke, 1809.

. Pp. (ii), 168. With engraved frontispiece. Uncut copy in original printed wrappers, spine split. Bookplate (G.M. La Fragette).A work written by Montucci under his pseudonym which identifies more than two hundred linguistic errors in de Guignes' Voyages (1808). This was part of Montucci's maneuvre to persuade the French government to remove de Guignes from the editorship of the planned Chinese dictionary in favour of himself. Montucci, a renowned Italian sinologist, was obsessed with the idea of writing a Chinese dictionary. He had over 20 000 characters cut at his own expense which were subsequently bought by the Vatican, together with his collection of Chinese books. At one time Montucci was considered for editorship of the French-Chinese dictionary, but in the end preference was given to de Guignes. The work is preceded by a laudatory letter addressed to Antonio Montucci written by himself (under his pseudonym). In a postscript, the author provides information about the Chinese characters used in his work which is repeated at the end of a checklist. Scarce. Cordier BS 1711. Lust 994. Löwendahl 744. Vater p. 66.

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Book number: 121386

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china. kina, chinese, chine, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, language, langue, lingusitic,