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India. [Amaduzzi (Giovanni Cristofano, editor)], Alphabetum Grandonico-Malabaricum sive Samscrudonicum, first edition, believed to be the first book on Malayalam printed in Europe, Romae: Typis Sacra Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1772, Roman, Gothic and Malayalam cursives, title with woodcut printer's device, xxvi, 100pp, 2 folding plates of script, 6 folding tables (of 8, lacking VI & VIII), extant tables re-margined, table VII with some stains but legible, late 19th c quarter mottled sheep over marbled papered boards, red morocco lettering pieces, rubbed, uncut, 8vo, [Birrell-Garnett, 16; De Gubernatis, 329; Smithskamp, 207; Brunet I, 197]; Wilson (John, DD), Idiomatical Exercises, Illustrative of the Phraseology and Structure of the English and Marathi Languages, inscribed presentation copy: General Assembly's Library/From the author, second edition, Bombay: Sold by Govind Narayan, at the General Assembly's Institution; [Printed by] American Mission Press: E.A. Webster, Printer, 1831, parallel text, 9, [1] (blank), [2], [11]-330pp, final appendix terminating seemingly abruptly and thus probably incomplete, original publisher's red diced cloth over boards, letterpress label, 12mo in 6s; Erpe (Thomas van)/Erpenius, Grammatica Arabica, Romae: In Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide, 1829, vii, [1], 182pp, later 19th c cloth over papered boards, 8vo, (3) Provenance: 2nd: 1) General Assembly's Library (?the later Scottish Church College, Calcutta); ffep with contemporary presentation inscription. 2) Trinity College, Church of Scotland, Glasgow; dedication leaf with their ink stamp, same leaf and contents leaf with their blindstamp, pastedown with a bookplate presenting the book to 3) Glasgow University Library; verso of title, rear endpaper and pastedown with their stamp. 3rd: Heythrop College Library, London; ffep with their stamp.
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HOFFMANN (E. T. A.). — Fantastic Tales. Paris: Charpentier, - Lot 136
10/04/2026
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