Search Results: Philology, Lexicography, Linguistics from Jay Dillon Rare Books + Manuscripts

Terre Haute (Indiana), 1977 ¶ Semiannual. Very scarce in the market. ||| Collation: 280 x 216 mm irregular. Together three numbers comprising 54 leaves altogether, paginated [1-6], [7-10], and [1-6]. Binding: Self-wrappers. References: LCCN sv 89041287; OCLC 13639946. .

Aix-en-Provence: H. Gaudibert, 1829 *** ONLY EDITION; CONTAINING NINETY-EIGHT FABLES IN PROVENCAL (OCCITAN) VERSE glossed in French, together with a verse prologue celebrating La Fontaine and a long introductory essay in French on the Provencal language. The latter was written originally for an etymological dictionary whose publication had been delayed and which was, in fact, never published. ONE OF ONLY 200 COPIES, printed for friends of the author and fans of 'lo gai saber'--ie, the Troubadour aesthetic. (The allusion here is to the Consistori del Gai Saber, a literary school or circle established at Toulouse in 1323, which codified Troubadour versification and fostered Troubadour-revival poetry slams.) -- Known for his numerous and charming poems and songs, the author was born at Eguilles, a commune about six miles northwest of Aix, on 19 September 1771. He taught for some years at Eguilles, and then married the owner of a silkworm-farm at Rognes. He moved afterwards to Aix, where he served as the… Read More

New York, 1997     ¶ Only edition; presenting fifty-two rare books 1469-1955 generously annotated, in four sections, viz: Philosophy and literature; Religious works; History, geography, & cosmography; School-books and dictionaries. Indexes, pages [85-86]; References cited, [87-90].  (H. P. Kraus, Inc. Catalogue 206.)   ||| Collation: 272 x 200 mm: Fifty leaves, paginated [i-iv] v-x, 1-84 [85-90].  Illustration: Full-page color facsimile (page [ii]), 22 full-page facsimiles, 26 smaller.  Binding: Pictorial wrappers.  Condition: Fine.  Reference: NYPL.  .