Orientalisch - und Occidentalischer Sprachmeister : welcher nicht allein hundert Alphabete nebst ihrer Aussprache, so bey denen meisten Europaisch -Asiatisch Africanisch - und Americanischen Volckern und Nationen gebrauchlich sind : auch einigen Tabulis Polyglottis verschiedener Sprachen und Zahlen vor Augen leget : sondern auch das Gebet des Herrn, in 200 Sprachen und Mund-Arten mit dererselben Characteren und Lesung, nach einer geographischen Ordnung mittheilet...

(Oriental and Occidental Master of Languages : which not only shows a hundred Alphabets together with their pronunciation, which are used by most European, Asian, African and American peoples and nations : but also some Polyglot Tables of different languages and numbers : and also the Lord's Prayer, as communicated in 200 languages and dialects with the same characters and reading, according to a geographical order...)

German language text on linguistics from the Enlightenment.

Compiled by Johann Friedrich Fritz with contributions by Benjamin Schultze.

LEIPZIG: Christian Friedrich Gessnern, 1748. First edition.

Hardcovers, later half vellum with pebbled cloth covered boards, 4.5x7.25 inches (12x18 cm). Pagination: [20], 219, [5], 128, [16]. Deckled front and bottom edges. Textually complete. Illustrated with 10 (of 38 called for) tipped in plates.

Collated page by page with a copy held in the Bibliotheque Jesuite des Fontaines, Lyon, France.

Previously owned by JAMES LE BOUTILLIER, and donated by him to the Theological Seminary of Ohio, with his ink presentation, signature and date (1869) on the front free endpaper, and his almost completely faded heraldic bookplate on the front pastedown (with magnification his printed name is still visible at the bottom of the plate). James Le Boutillier was a prominent businessman in Cincinnati. He became renowned for his large heraldic book collection.

GOOD Condition: Ex-libris of the Diocese of Ohio with inked call number on spine, bookplate on the front pastedown, and some library marks here and there. The cover's have some wear and soiling to the vellum, and the spine gilt has mostly worn away, but are sturdy and doing their job well. Internally, there is a previous owner's inscription on the front free-endpaper, as noted above; the front and rear hinges are cracked but holding well; there is light shorelining mostly on the early pages, and some foxing here and there; overall a solid copy with pages that are tight, bright, clean, clear and fully legible throughout. Textually complete but with only 10 (of 38) tipped in plates. A nice, presentable copy.

RARE in its 1748 first edition state.

Additional Details about the ORIENTALISCH - UND OCCIDENTALISCHER SPRACHMEISTER (from the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University website):

******Contains the Lord's prayer in some 200 languages, including 8 spoken in the Americas: Mexicana, Poconchica, Carabaica, Savanahica, Virginiana, [DJS: = Mass?], Mohogica, Karirica, Guarinica sive Brasilica (p. 124-127, fourth count). Author's name from Sabin, who gives credit for the compilation of the text to Johann Friedrich Fritz. The first part contains some contributions by Benjamin Schultze.******

About JAMES LE BOUTILLIER, a previous owner of the book (from his 1906 Obituary in the New York Observer):

******James Le Boutillier, who died on September 19, was the sole surviving member of the old firm of Le Boutillier Brothers, which founded dry goods houses in New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati about sixty years ago. He was born on the Island of Guernsey in 1814, and came to New York in 1849, and after living in this city for four years, went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he founded the Cincinnati branch of the firm He developed the Cincinnati house to great success and prominence. Mr. Le Boutillier built one of the finest and largest heraldic libraries in the United States.******

ALGEBRAICAL PROBLEMS, PRODUCING SIMPLE and QUADRATIC EQUATIONS, with THEIR SOLUTIONS. Designed as an Introduction to the HIGHER BRANCHES of ANALYTICS, by MILES BLAND, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. Published by Cambridge University, 1820. Third Edition. Scarce early edition. Pagination: [8] half-title, title, contents, errata, 375, [1] Publisher's ads. BOUND TOGETHER WITH: A KEY TO THE GREEK EXERCISES, by REV. WILLIAM NEILSON. Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, LONDON; and Anderson & Macdowall, EDINBURGH; printed at the University (of Edinburgh) press; 1818. Pagination: 90 pages, title page through last page of text, with "Finis" at the bottom of the last page. TWO SCARCE BOOKS BOUND TOGETHER IN THIS ONE VOLUME. Hardcovers, leather covered spine and corners with marbled paper covered boards, 5.25" x 8.5". GOOD condition, covers are scraped and rubbed, but holding together well; some foxing throughout especially on the first and last few pages; the rear endpapers have some blue lines; there are several previous owner's signatures on the blank page facing the title page; the inner hinge is split at several places (including at the title page) but always holding well; overall a solid, complete copy that remains tight, bright and clean.

TE NU TESTAMENT OV UR LORD AND SAVYOR JEZUS KRIST.

SINSINATI [Cincinnati, Ohio]: Elias Longley, FONETIC PUBLIXER [Phonetic Publisher], 1861.

Written and printed entirely in a phonetic spelling and a special shorthand that Elias Longley and his brother designed to make reading easier and more intuitive. Interesting that this supposedly easier to read Bible was published during the Civil War, a time when easy to read Bibles were badly needed.

Hardcovers, brown cloth covered boards with blind embossed designs, 5x7.5 inches, Pagination: xx, [21]-343, plus 4 pages of Publisher's ads at the rear.

Condition: The original covers are well worn at the spine, with much of the spine covering apparently having been reattached; the front and rear boards are worn at the spine folds, otherwise are solid and nice, with just some edgewear and rubs; internally, the binding is shaky, the cord binding is holding everything together, but the binding is starting to split at places where the book was overopened, and it feels like a good tug could easily split the binding open; the pages themselves are in good condition, complete, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

INTERESTING ASSOCIATION COPY: Provenance of DR. JOHN E. SYLVESTER of Wellston, Ohio, with his personal library bookplate on the front pastedown: "J. E. SYLVESTER LIBRARY / Theology / No. 41", and his handwritten ownership information on a blank front endpaper: "John E. Sylvester's book / Bot of D.N. DeSay Aug 28th 1869 / Price $.30".

About JOHN E. SYLVESTER (from various Ohio newspaper obituaries):

******Dr. John E. Sylvester was a prominent 19th-century physician and amateur archaeologist based in Ohio. He is best known in Ohio history for discovering the Berlin Tablet in 1876, a rare and important artifact attributed to the ancient Mound Builder cultures. His medical, historical, and civic footprint left a lasting legacy in the region.

Following his death, his heirs set aside his property for the city so it could build a dedicated public library. In 1968 the Sylvester Memorial Wellston Public Library was finally built directly on his former residence at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Second Street. John's brother, Franklin Sylvester, was also a lover of books and libraries. Franklin donated ten thousand dollars in 1904 for the construction of a free community library in Medina, Ohio. The Medina library was completed in 1907 and remains in operation today.*****

About ELIAS LONGLEY and His Wife Elizabeth Margaret Vater Longley (from Wikipedia and various Cincinnati historical sites):

******Elias Longley, b.1823 d.1899, was a Cincinnati, Ohio based printer, publisher, and prominent advocate for phonetic spelling and shorthand. He operated his publishing company in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he published phonetic books and instructional manuals to promote phonetic literacy. He and his wife were also strong advocates for women's suffrage.

Elizabeth Vater Longley, b.1830 d.1912, married Elias Longley in 1847. At the time, they lived in a Cincinnati utopian community. Elizabeth Longley was an early adopter of the mechanical typewriter. She invented an early form of touch typing that used 8 fingers called the "All-Finger Method", which she presented in 1882, six years before Frank E. McGurrin invented and patented the ten digit touch typing method we still use today. Elizabeth Longley was a member of the executive committee of the National Women's Suffrage Association and vice president of the Ohio association. She, along with her husband, worked hard to promote phonetic spelling, believing it would make reading easier and dramatically increase literacy.******.

*This unusual phonetic Bible in its original covers, printed in Cincinnati in 1841, with a nice Ohio provenance, is quite rare and well deserving of some loving care. (I wonder how I would say that phonetically?)

MEDICINA ESPAÑOLA - CONTENIDA EN PROVERBIOS VULGARES DE NUESTRA LENGUA: Muy Provechosa Para Todo Género De Estados, Para Philosophos Y Medicos, Para Theologos Y Iuristas...COMPUESTA Por El DOCTOR JUAN SORAPAN DE RIEROS, Médico Y Familiar del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición...

[SPANISH MEDICINE - CONTAINED IN PROVERBS OF OUR ORDINARY LANGUAGE: Very Useful for all kinds of Studies, For Philosophers And Physicians, For Theologians And Jurists...COMPOSED BY DOCTOR JUAN SORAPAN DE RIEROS, Physician And Member Of The Holy Office Of The Inquisition...

MADRID: Imprenta de A. Gomez Fuentenebro, 1876. TIRADA DE 200 EJEMPLARES [200 COPIES].

TERCERA EDICION, Y Segunda Que Saca A Luz Su Mayor Apasionado El Presbítero D. JOSE M. SBARBI...Hecha en Granada el Año de 1615.

[THIRD EDITION, And Second Brought To Light By Its Great Enthusiast, Father D. JOSE M. SBARBI...First Edition published by Martin Fernandez Zambrano in Granada in the Year 1615.]

Contemporary finely-bound hardcovers, vellum spine and spine margins with marbled paper covered boards, 5.5x7.5 inches; THE ENTIRE ORIGINAL WORK including its yellow wrappers is nicely bound within, 285 pages.

VERY GOOD condition: Some light wear and soiling to the finely-bound hardcovers; personal bookplate of Walter M. Weber, a Naval Surgeon and noted Book Collector, on the front pastedown; small initials at the top of two blank front endpapers; the original front wrapper has a couple light stains, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A complete, solid, lovely copy.

RARE 1876 THIRD EDITION - recent reprints can be found, but this 1876 third edition of only 200 copies is almost impossible to find.

About JUAN SORAPAN DE RIEROS (from Wikipedia):

******Juan Sorapán de Rieros, b.1572 d.1638, was a Spanish physician of the 17th century . Expert in paremiology and famous for having published a book with a collection of proverbs about Spanish medicine and gastronomy entitled: Spanish Medicine contained in vulgar proverbs of our language.

He began his medical studies at the Monastery of Guadalupe . He graduated in Arts from the University of Salamanca in 1592 and later studied medicine in 1592-1593. In 1616, he published his work with forty-seven Castilian proverbs. He later became a member of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Llerena and Granada.******

About JOSÉ MARÍA SBARBI (from Wikipedia):

******José María Sbarbi y Osuna, b.1834 d.1910, was a Spanish priest, philologist and musicologist. He was director of the musical chapel of the Royal Monastery of the Incarnation, and organist at the cathedrals of Badajoz, Seville, Toledo, and Madrid. In love with the musical art and philology of his country, he dedicated his studies to both. Father Sbarbi wrote many works on musical and philological subjects, especially those related to Castilian proverbs and idioms, among them are: Anthology or alphabetical collection of comparative and ponderative proverbs and idioms of the Castilian language, Madrid, 1873; and The Book of Proverbs, Madrid, 1872.******

FIRST BOOK IN HAWAIIAN - A TEXT BOOK IN THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. By M.H. Atcherly [Mary H. Atcherly].

HONOLULU: Published for the Territory of Hawaii by the Hawaiian Board of Missions; printed by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1930. First edition, as indicated by the date 1930 on the title page and at the end of the preface.

Hardcovers, 5.5x8 inches, 94 pages.

Though there were many dictionaries of and scholarly books on the Hawaiian language published prior to this work, this was the first book published in Hawaii exclusively as a school textbook for the teaching of the Hawaiian language to Hawaiian high school students.

GOOD condition, professionally rebacked making this a solid, well bound copy; the covers have some rubs, soiling, and light wear; internally, there are tiny holes to the gutter edge of the pages from an old sewn binding of the signatures (threads long gone, perfect binding holding well), the blank endpapers are toned and the text pages lightly so; overall, this is a complete, tight, bright, clean and unmarked copy.

From the Preface:

******The Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii in the session of 1923 passed Act 243, entitled "an act to provide for the preparation and publication of a school text book in the Hawaiian language." In pursuance of this act, Governor Lawrence M. Judd arranged with the Hawaiian Board of Missions for the publication of the manuscript which had been prepared by Mrs. Mary H. Atcherley. Other documents had been submitted, but it was felt that Mrs. Atcherley's contribution was better fitted for the purpose than similar studies.

It is intended that this First Book in Hawaiian shall be used in the junior high schools and high schools throughout the Territory, but it is hoped that other schools will make use of this material in acquiring a knowledge of the Hawaiian language.

Grateful acknowledgement is hereby made not only of the material submitted by Mrs. Atcherley but also suggestions from a similar work by Messrs. John Wise and F. E. Midkiff, of the Kamehameha Schools, and the work of the late Professor W. D. Alexander entitled, "A Short Synopsis of the Most Essential Points in Hawaiian Grammar." - HENRY P. JUDD, Editor, Hawaiian Board of Missions, Honolulu, February 1930.******

From the March 10, 1930 Honolulu Star-Bulletin, page 18:

******HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE BOOK IS PUBLISHED BY THE TERRITORY

Increased interest in the Hawaiian language is evident in the publication of a "First Book in Hawaiian" by authority of the legislature. The manuscript was prepared by Mrs. Mary H. Atcherley, and Governor Judd arranged for its publication with the Hawaiian board of missions.

The volume has just come off The Star-Bulletin press...The new volume is a textbook containing the elements of Hawaiian grammar and a limited vocabulary.*****

About MARY H. ATCHERLY (from Wikipedia):

******Mary Ha?aheo Atcherley (born Mary Ha'aheo Kinimaka, April 24, 1874 - March 8, 1933) was a Hawaiian activist. She was one of the first native Hawaiian women to run for public office in the Territory of Hawaii.****** You can read much more about her on her Wikipedia page.

BRAHUI AND DRAVIDIAN COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR, by M. B. EMENEAU (Murray Barnston Emeneau). Publications in Linguistics, Volume 22. Published by the University of California, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1962. First Edition. Softcovers but lacking its covers / wrappers, 6.75" x 10.25", xi + 91 pages. Condition: Lacking its wrappers, as noted above, otherwise complete. Pages show general signs of handling but are still tight, bright, clean and unmarked. An important study by a renowned Dravidian linguist. About the BRAHUI Language (from Wikipedia): ******Brahui is a Dravidian language spoken by the Brahui people in the central Balochistan region of Pakistan and Afghanistan, and by expatriate Brahui communities in Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, and Iran. It is isolated from the nearest Dravidian-speaking neighbor population of South India by a distance of more than 930 miles. Kalat and Mastung districts of Balochistan are predominantly Brahui-speaking. Brahui is the only Dravidian language which is not written in a Brahmi-based script; instead, it is written in Arabic script.******

CATÁLOGO de las LENGUAS INDÍGENAS NACIONALES : VARIANTES LINGÜÍSTICAS de MÉXICO con sus Autodenominaciones y Referencias.

Published by the Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas, 2009. ISBN 10: 6077538086 / ISBN 13: 9786077538080.

Hardcover Book, illustrated covers, no dustjacket as issued, 8.5x11.5 inches (21x28.5 cm), 371 pages. TEXT IN SPANISH.

"La diversidad lingu?i?stica de origen indoamericano presente en Me?xico se encuentra registrada en el Cata?logo de la siguiente manera: 11 familias lingu?i?sticas, 68 agrupaciones lingu?i?sticas y 364 variantes lingu?i?sticas."

(The linguistic diversity of Indo-American origin present in Mexico is registered in the Catalog in the following way: 11 linguistic families, 68 linguistic groupings and 364 linguistic variants.)

GOOD condition, the covers have some shelf rubs, the inner pages have a bit of waviness that I believe was a result of the printing, i.e. as normal, the front free endpaper has an circular area of creasing in its center, otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy.

A comprehensive and important reference to the languages of Mexico.

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A MANUSCRIPT COMMENTARY on the HEBREW BIBLE OLD TESTAMENT PSALMS by NOTED AMERICAN THEOLOGIAN and HEBREW SCHOLAR, WALTER ROBERT BETTERIDGE. An incomplete but extensive manuscript work that binds together an 1880 printing of the PSALMS (which have Betteridge's EXTENSIVE MARGIN NOTES ON EVERY PAGE) and OVER 100 PAGES OF MANUSCRIPT COMMENTARY. The handwritten commentary and notes were written by Betteridge ca. 1910-1916. The manuscript was likely being prepared for publication as "Commentary on Old Testament Psalms", but the work was never published because Betteridge died (1916) before it was completed. Nonetheless his wife had his "work in progress" professionally bound and then donated it to the University of Rochester Theological Seminary where her husband had been a Professor of Hebrew in the Old Testament Department.

This professionally bound volume contains the printed work: LIBER PSALMORUM - Textum masoreticum acuratissime expressit... notis criticis confirmavit, by S. BAER, [with] Praefatus est edendi operis adjutor, by FRANCISCUS DELITZSCH. Lipsiae: Ex officina Bernhardi Tauchnitz, 1880. 8vo, 5.5x9 inches. Pagination: [1] f., 82 pp. TOGETHER with over 100 PAGES of INTERLEAVED MANUSCRIPT COMMENTARY NOTES by Bettteridge, interleaved so that every one of the printed pages of the LIBER PSALMORUM has one or more pages of associated handwritten commentary bound-in beside it. There are also manuscript pages at both the front and rear of the book, and clippings from related texts here and there, clippings which Betteridge also annotated.

The printed PSALMS, the 100+ pages of manuscript commentary, and the many other small slips of paper with handwritten notes, are BOUND TOGETHER in recent hardcovers, black moire silk covered boards with leather spine label titled in gilt.

NOTE: Betteridge's handwriting is miniscule with LOTS of words crammed onto every page and is difficult to read without a magnifier, so either have eagle eyes or an illuminated magnifying lamp on standby. Of course by writing in such a small manuscript Betteridge has managed to impart an incredible amount of commentary onto the 100+ handwritten pages. In normal script it would likely be at least 200+ pages.

PROVENANCE: Donated by Mrs. Betteridge to the Rochester Theological Seminary Library. with an institutional bookplate noting this on front pastedown. "Presented to Rochester Theological Seminary Library by MRS. BETTERIDGE / From The Library of WALTER ROBERT BETTERIDGE, D.D. 1863-1916 / On the Faculty of This Seminary in the Department Of Old Testament, 1891-1916".

CONDITION: The recent covers are solid and lovely; internally there is a Seminary bookplate on the front pastedown, as noted above, and a library blind-stamp on the title page; the pages are age toned; all the edges have significantly browned and have varying degrees of chipping and wear, affecting only a bit of marginalia here and there; overall the printing and handwriting is clear and legible (with magnification); all pages, manuscript and printed, are tightly bound. A solid copy.

A UNIQUE WORK that represents an American theological scholar's lifetime of studying and teaching Hebrew and the Old Testament. Deserving of close examination.

About PROFESSOR WALTER ROBERT BETTERIDGE, D.D. (from various Internet sources):

******Walter Robert Betteridge, b.1863 d.1916, was an American theologian, professor, and Bible scholar. He was a Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at the University of Rochester from 1891 until his death.

Author of "Commentary on Exodus" American Baptist Publication Society, 1914, and numerous articles including "The Accuracy of the Authorized Version of the Old Testament" 1911, and "Commentary on Deuteronomy", 1915.

Walter Robert Betteridge is listed in Volume 8, page 184 of "Who's Who in America", published by A.N. Marquis, 1914.******