Raue, Christian. A generall grammer for the ready attaining of the Ebrew, Samaritan, Calde, Syriac, Arabic, and the Ethopic languages. : With a pertinent discourse of the Orientall tongues. Also a sesquidecury, or a number of fifteene adoptive epistles sent together out of divers parts of the world concerning care of the orientall tongues to be promoted. By Christian Ravis of Berlin

Folger bibliographic ID: 145438
ESTC number: R223791
Wing number: R313
Folger call number: 149- 359q
Folger holdings ID: 146450

Bibliographic format

twelvemo

General notes

With an engraved, frontispiece portrait (plate) "A discourse of the orientall tongues", "A generall grammer for the Hbrew, Samaritan, Calde, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic tongue" and "Christiani Ravii Berlinatis sesqi-decuria" each have separate dated title page, the first dated 1649, the other two dated 1648. The first two, with continuous pagination and register, were originally published together in 1648 (Wing R310) and reissued with cancel title pages in 1649. The third, with separate pagination and register, was first issued separately in 1648 (Wing R315) A reissue, with new general title page, of Wing R311 (the 1649 reissue of Wing R310), and of Wing R315 Signatures: A⁴(±A1) chi1 B-D¹² E¹²(-E12+M4) F-L¹² M⁴(-M4), ²A¹² ²B⁶

Item information about Folger 149- 359q

Imperfect: lacking port. Misbound; t.p. for "A discourse of the Orientall tongues..." bound between t.p. and A2; "A generall grammar ..." bound before "A discourse ..."; cancel t.p. (M4) for "A generall grammar" bound at end of that section; cancelandum t.p. (E12) for "A generall grammar" bound at end of "A discourse". Some plates cropped at foot. Provenance: Sir Thomas Phillipps copy; acquired from William Robinson, 9/3/54

Extended title: A generall grammer for the ready attaining of the Ebrew, Samaritan, Calde, Syriac, Arabic, and the Ethopic languages. : With a pertinent discourse of the Orientall tongues. Also a sesquidecury, or a number of fifteene adoptive epistles sent together out of divers parts of the world concerning care of the orientall tongues to be promoted. By Christian Ravis of Berlin
Alternate titles: Discourse of the orientall tongues, Sesqi-decuria, Generall grammer for the Ebrew, Samaritan, Calde, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic tongue, Generall grammer for the Hbrew, Samaritan, Calde, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic tongue, Christiani Ravii Berlinatis sesqi-decuria

Semitic languages Middle East

author: Raue, Christian, 1613-1677
former owner: Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872