BRIAN WALTON: Introductio ad lectionem Linguarum Orientalium: Hebraicae, Chaldaicae, Samaritanae, Syriacae, Arabicae, Persicae, Aethiopicae, Armenae, Coptae...
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[WALTON, BRIAN (d. 1661)]. Introductio ad lectionem Linguarum Orientalium: Hebraicae, Chaldaicae, Samaritanae, Syriacae, Arabicae, Persicae, Aethiopicae, Armenae, Coptae... London: Tho. Roycroft, 1655. First Edition.
The first edition of Walton's succinct introduction to the study of Oriental languages, intended as a prepartory course for his famous Polyglot Bible. Covered here are: Hebrew, Chaldean, Samaritan, Syrian, Arabic, Persian, Ethiopian, Armenian, and Coptic. The leaves are bound in the oriental way, so that the title-page is at the 'rear' of the book. 12mo, [xcvi] + 112pp. + [iii]. Without errata leaf and last blank. Ownership inscriptions to recto and verso of title-page, small closed tear to one leaf, small browning spot to another, otherwise very good interior. Bound in contemporary calf with circular geometric shapes lightly tooled, some wear. [Wing W658]
The first edition of Walton's succinct introduction to the study of Oriental languages, intended as a prepartory course for his famous Polyglot Bible. Covered here are: Hebrew, Chaldean, Samaritan, Syrian, Arabic, Persian, Ethiopian, Armenian, and Coptic. The leaves are bound in the oriental way, so that the title-page is at the 'rear' of the book. 12mo, [xcvi] + 112pp. + [iii]. Without errata leaf and last blank. Ownership inscriptions to recto and verso of title-page, small closed tear to one leaf, small browning spot to another, otherwise very good interior. Bound in contemporary calf with circular geometric shapes lightly tooled, some wear. [Wing W658]
