Scheidius Jacob (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Edition Altera. vi, 286, Arabic-Latin dictionary arranged in 2 columns, Continental half calf with marbled green boards, vellum label with gilt titles to spine; leather scuffed, edges and corners of boards worn but binding sound. Ink inscription of L Rijsdijk 1858 on fpd, institutional stamp on ffep, small ink stamp of G.M.Jansen on first blank and half-title.

4to. Pp. (vi), 286. Contemporary marbled boards, calf spine, spine ruled in gilt and with title-label, worn. The second enlarged edition (first 1769). Smitskamp PO 316. Schnurrer 126. Zenker i,52. Zaunmüller p.18.

4to. (viii), 224 pp. Text in double columns, Arabic characters throughout. With a large engraved vignette on dedication leaf. Uncut, crisp copy in contemporary marbled wrappers, worn, most of spine detached, internally fine. First edition based on Jacob Golius famous "Lexicon Arabico-Latinum" (1653) which was the standard for 150 years until Freytag's dictionary appeared. Jacob's brother Everard Scheidius, professor of oriental languages at Harderwijk, assisted in this work and in 1768 acquired the Arabic types from Leiden. Schnurrer 107. Smitskamp PO 315. Zaunmüller p. 18 (second ed.). Zenker BO i, 52.

4to. Pp. (viii), 224. With large engraved vignette on dedication leaf. Contemporary half calf, worn, spine with 6 raised bands and title label, upper joint partly cracked. An uncut copy and crisp copy with wide margins. First edition of Scheidius' dictionary based on Jacob Golius famous "Lexicon Arabico-Latinum" (1653) The Arabic types used for this work were purchased by the brother Everardus Scheidius from E. Luzac at Leiden. Schnurrer 107. Smitskamp PO 315. Zaunmüller p. 18 (second ed.). Zenker BO i, 52.