An introduction to the making of Latin : comprising, after an easy, compendious method, the substance of the Latin syntax : with proper English examples, most of them translations from the classic authors, in one column, and the Latin words in antoher : to which is subjoin'd, in the same method, a succinct account of the affairs of ancient Greece and Rome, intended at once to bring boys acquainted with history, and the idiom of the Latin tongue with rules for the gender of nouns
The sixteenth edition, revised and carefully corrected.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes in Pater-Noster-Row, and J. Hodges on London-Bridge,
Date of Publication
MDCCLII [1752]
Physical Description
xii, 297, [3] p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Notes
"A dissertation upon the usefulness of translations of classic authors, both literal and free, for the easy and expeditious attainment of the Latin tongue" (p. [277]-297) has special title page.
Signatures: A-N¹².
Bookseller's advertisement on last three pages.
Apparently from Jasper Yeates's personal libarary.
Yeates's signature at top of title page under that of John Yeates.
Articles of association of the Lancaster Reading Room to which are added, the rules and regulations of the room, and of the library; a list of the officers and subscribers, &/ together with a catalogue of the books, & belongint to the Institution
The attorney's practice in the Court of Common Pleas; or, An introduction to the knowledge of the practice of that court, as it now stands on the regulation of several late acts of Parliament, rules, and determinations of the said court; with variety of useful and curious precedents in English, drawn or perused by counsel; and a complete index to the whole
The attorney's practice in the Court of King's Bench, or an introduction to the knowledge of the practice of that Court, as it now stands under the regulation of several late acts of Parliament, rules and determinations of the said Court : with variety of useful and curious precedents in English, settled or drawn by counsel, and a complete index to the whole
Bemerkungen von James Buchanan, Esq. : Mirglied des Congrss von Pennsylvanien, gebalton am Montag den 4ten Februar, 1828, auf Mr. Chiltons Resolution, die Kosten der auÃŒâ¸gemeinen Regierung zu verringern
das ist: Die gantze Heilige Schrifft dess Alten und Neuen Testaments. Wie solche von Herrn Doctor Martin Luther seel. im Jahr Christi 1522. in unsere teutsche Muttersprach zu übersetzen angefangen, Anno 1534. zu End gebracht, und...mit den Summarien Herrn Johann Sauberti seel. auch mit dem...Nutzen, über alle Capitel, des Herrn d. Salomon Glassens seel. ausgefertiget...Über dieses sind nicht allein des seel. Hn. Lutheri...Lebens-Lauf beygefůget, sondern auch zu End des Ganzen Werks, neben den Christlichen Haput-Symbolis ein...Bericht von der Augsburgischen Confession...beygedruckt worden. Samt einer Vorrede Herrn Johann Michael Dilherrns.
Place of Publication
Nürnberg
Publisher
Johann Andrea Endterischen Handlung,
Date of Publication
1755.
Physical Description
[92]1181[23]p. : ill.(incl.ports.) ; 40 x 26 cm.
Notes
Title vignette.
Double leaves, not included in the collation, containing portraits and biographical sketches of the Bible characters are inserted at the appropriate places.
Edition of the "Dilherrische Bibel."
Genealogical material attached to verso of title page; additional material on back of fly leaf.
One loose item removed to MG-399 Atlee family bible.
Viewing contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
Full vellum cover fully tooled on front and back with tooled brass corners and clasps (clasps and right bottom recto and left bottom verso corners lacking) beveled edges.
nach der deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers ; mit eines jeden capitels kurzen Summarien ...
Place of Publication
Philadelphia : In stereotypen verfertigt, von J. Howe
Publisher
Gedruckt und zu haben bey Kimber und Scharpless, Buchhändler, Nro. 93, Marktstrasse ;
Date of Publication
1828.
Physical Description
932 pages, [38] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
Notes
Howe's statement precedes imprint on t.p.
New Testament has separate title page.
Two frontispieces engraved by W.E. Tucker and T. Gimbrede after originals by L. Simond and Hans Holbein. Wood engravings by Alexander Anderson.
Viewing biles contingent on staff availabilty, an appointment may be required.
Copy 1 lacks one frontispiece.
Copy 2 lacks both frontispieces.
Copy 1 Brenner family bible.
Copy 1 Brenner family genealogy 1795-1840.
Copy 2 Gamber family bible.
Copy 2 Gamber family genealogy 1823-1845.
Copy 2 From the Collection of the Heritage Center Museum, P07.9.1
Copy 1 Four leaves of famiy register follows the Old Testament, with most items enclosed in fractur of flowers in the shape of hearts in German and English.
Copy 2 Five leaves of family register follows the Old Testament, with five items enclosed in fractur hearts with landscapes and the final item encosed in fruits and flowers by Karl Friderich Theodor Seybold.
Copy 1 Jacob Brenner's signature on back of front cover.
John Sanderson's name appears as above on t.-p. of v. 1-4.
Vols. 1-2 edited by John Sanderson, v. 3-6 by Robert Wain, jr. v. 7-9 are without editor's name, but were edited by Henry D. Gilpin, according to statement in Mrs. Eliza Gilpin's Memorial of Henry D. Gilpin, Phildelphia, 1860, p. 194. Volumes numbered on the half-titles.
A list of authors of the biographies (originally published in the New York times) may be found in Proc. of Mass. hist. soc., 1876-1877 [v. 15] p. 393.
Contents
John Hancock (v.1) ; Benjamin Franklin, George Wythe, Francis Hopkinson, Robert Treat Paine (v.2) ; Edward Rutledge, Lyman Hall, Oliver Wolcott, Richard Stockton, Button Gwinnett, Josiah Bartlett, Philip Livingston, Roger Sherman (v.3) ; Thomas Heyward, George Read, William Williams, Samuel Huntington, William Floyd, George Walton, George Clymer, Benjamin Rush (v.4) ; Thomas Lynch, Jr., Matthew Thornton, William Whipple, John Witherspoon, Robert Morris (v.5) ; Arthur Middleton, Abraham Clark, Francis Lewis, John Penn. James Wilson, Carter Braxton, John Morton, Stephen Hopkins, Thomas McKean (v.6) ; Thomas Jefferson, William Hooper, James Smith, Charles Carroll, Thomas Nelson Jr., Joseph Hewes (v.7) ; Elbridge Gerry, Cesar Rodney, Benjamin Harrison, William Paca, George Ross, John Adams (v.8) ; Richard Henry Lee, George Taylor, John Hart, Lewis Morris, Thomas Stone, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Samuel Chase, William Ellery, Samuel Adams (v.9).
