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The Dictionary Collection of Thomas Malin Rodgers

Auction 20475
4 Dec 2012, starting at 13:00 EST.
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DIAZ, FRANCISCO. 1606-1646. Manuscript, Diccionario de la lengua mandarina, revised and expanded by Antonio Diaz. [Fuan, Fujian? late 17th century.]
Sold for US$ 80,500 inc. premium
COPTIC-GREEK WORD BOOK AND GLOSSARY. Manuscript on vellum, 10 leaves recto and verso (of which the final three are blank ...
Sold for US$ 74,500 inc. premium
PAPIAS THE GRAMMARIAN. fl.1040s-1060s. Latin manuscript on vellum, Elementarium doctrinae rudimentum. [Northeast Italy, late 13th century.]
Sold for US$ 56,250 inc. premium
BALBI, GIOVANNI. ?-c.1298. Latin manuscript on paper, Catholicon. [Northeast Italy, c.1400.]

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1001 CUNEIFORM LEXICAL TABLET. A Babylonian clay inscription fragment, Middle Babylonian, Syria circa 1600-1500 B.C., US$ 3,500
£2,309
€2,720
1002 COPTIC-GREEK WORD BOOK AND GLOSSARY. Manuscript on vellum, 10 leaves recto and verso (of which the final three are blank) being a single quire, 16mo (approx 68 x 63 mm), [Egypt, 6th or 7th century], US$ 80,500
£53,126
€62,568
1003 BALBI, GIOVANNI. ?-c.1298. Latin manuscript on paper, Catholicon. [Northeast Italy, c.1400.] US$ 56,250
£37,122
€43,719
1004 BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS. c.1203-1272. Anglo-Norman manuscript on vellum, "Le livre des region et des provins US$ 80,500
£53,126
€62,568
1005 MARCHESINUS, JOANNES. Late 13th/early 14th c. Illuminated Latin manuscript on vellum, Mammotrectus. [Italy, early 14th century.]
US$ 35,000
£23,098
€27,203
1006 PAPIAS THE GRAMMARIAN. fl.1040s-1060s. Latin manuscript on vellum, Elementarium doctrinae rudimentum. [Northeast Italy, late 13th century.] US$ 74,500
£49,166
€57,904
1007 REPETORIUM JURIS. Latin manuscript on paper, [Repertorium juris], incipit "A Ista diction denotat separationem ut notatur...." [Southern Low Countries, 1450s/1460s.] US$ 35,000
£23,098
€27,203
1008 LEAVES— ENGLISH. LANGTON, STEPHEN. c.1150-1228. US$ 500
£329
€388
1009 LEAVES— ENGLISH. [JEROME, SAINT.] Latin manuscript on vellum, from the the Interpretationes Nominum Hebraicorum. US$ 2,250
£1,484
€1,748
1010 LEAVES— ETYMOLOGIAE. ISIDORE OF SEVILLE. c.560-636. US$ 2,750
£1,814
€2,137
1011 LEAVES— HEBREW. IBN JANAH, JONAH. c.990-c.1050. US$ 1,625
£1,072
€1,263
1012 LEAVES—INHABITED INITIAL. US$ 1,375
£907
€1,068
1013 AL-AKHTARI. MUSTAFA IBN SHAMS AL-DIN 'ALI AL-QARISARI. 16th cent. Arabic manuscript on paper, Lughat-i Akhtari-yi Kabir. [Ottoman Empire, 18th century?]
US$ 3,750
£2,474
€2,914
1014 FAIRUZABADI. 1329-1414. Arabic manuscript on polished paper, Al-Qamus al-Muhit wa al-Qabus al-Wasit. [Ottoman Turkey, first half of 16th century.]
US$ 3,500
£2,309
€2,720
1015 FAIRUZABADI. 1329–1414. Arabic manuscript on paper, Al-Qamus Al-Muhit. [Probably Anatolia, 18th century.]
US$ 2,125
£1,402
€1,651
1016 FAKHR-AD-DIN HASAN JAMAL-AD-DIN HUSAIN INJU. ?-c.1630. Persian manuscript on paper, Farhang Jahangiri. [India, late 18th or 19th century.] US$ 1,187
£783
€922
1017 MUHAMMAD IBN 'ABD AL-KHALIQ IBN MA'RUF. Persian manuscript on polished paper, Kanz al-lughat. Dated 1239 (1823 C.E.). US$ 1,250
£824
€971
1018 MUTARRIZI, ABD AL-SAYYID BEN. 1144-1213/14 C.E. Arabic manuscript dictionary of rare legal terms, Al-Mughrib fi tartib al-mu'rib. [Probably Anatolia, Syria or Iraq]: dated A.H. 642 (1244/45 C.E.)
US$ 4,375
£2,887
€3,400
1019 TURKISH-ARABIC. Turkish and Arabic manuscript dictionary on polished paper. [Ottoman Empire]: 28 Jumada al-Awwal 1201 [1786/87 C.E.].
US$ 525
£346
€408
1020 [BALBI, GIOVANNI. ?-c.1298. Catholicon. Mainz: 1460 but c.1469.]
US$ 2,375
£1,567
€1,845
1021 BALBI, GIOVANNI. ?-c.1298. Catholicon. Venice: Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus, November 20, 1495.
US$ 4,000
£2,639
€3,108
1022 BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS. c.1203-1272. De proprietatibus rerum. [Basel: Berthold Ruppel, c.1470 or 1480.]
US$ 8,125
£5,362
€6,315
1023 BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS. c.1203-1272. De Proprietatibus rerum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, June 20, 1492. US$ 4,375
£2,887
€3,400
1024 BRACK, WENCESLAUS. Vocabularius rerum. Strasbourg: Printer of Jordanus de Quedlinburg, December 22, 1495. US$ 2,375
£1,567
€1,845
1025 CONRADUS DE HALBERSTADT. fl.1342-1362. Concordantiae bibliorum. [Reutlingen: Michel Greyff, not after 1481.]
US$ 5,250
£3,464
€4,080
1026 KOBERGER, ANTON, printer. Vocabularius juris utriusque. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, September 4, 1481.
US$ 10,000
£6,599
€7,772
1027 LOMBARD, PETER. c.1096-1164. Thesaurus Magistri Sententiarum cum plenis sententiis in ordinem alphabeticum redactus. [Speyer: Peter Drach], 1495.
US$ 2,375
£1,567
€1,845
1028 MARCHESINUS, JOANNES. Late 13th/early 14th c. Mammotrectus super Bibliam. Venice: Franciscus Renner de Heilbronn & Nicolaus de Frankfordia, 1476. US$ 3,750
£2,474
€2,914
1029 MARCHESINUS, JOANNES. Late 13th/early 14th c. Mammotrectus super Bibliam. Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, September 23, 1479.
US$ 5,625
£3,712
€4,371
1030 MARCHESINUS, JOANNES. Late 13th/early 14th c. Mammotrectus super Bibliam. Strasbourg: [Martin Flach], 1494.
US$ 4,000
£2,639
€3,108
1031 MELBER, JOHANNES, AND JODOCHUS EICHMANN. Vocabularius praedicantium, sive Variloquus. Strasbourg: Johann Prüss, 1488.
US$ 2,750
£1,814
€2,137
1032 MELBER, JOHANNES, AND JODOCHUS EICHMANN. Vocabularius predicantium. WITH: Ex quo vocabularii. AND: BRACK, WENCESLAUS. Vocabularius rerum. [Strasbourg: n.d. & 1491.]
US$ 4,750
£3,134
€3,691
1033 MELBER, JOHANNES & JODOCHUS EICHMANN. Vocabularius praedicantium, sive Variloquus. [Strasbourg: Georg Husner, c.1500]. US$ 1,875
£1,237
€1,457
1034 MUSURUS, MARCUS, editor. c.1470-1517. Etymologicum magnum graecum. Venice: Zacharias Callierges for Nicolaus Blastos & Anna Notaras, July 8, 1499.
US$ 27,500
£18,148
€21,374
1035 NICOLAUS DE AUSMO. d.1453. Supplementum summae pisanellae et canones poenitentiales fratris Astensis et Consilia Alexandri de Nevo contra judaeos foenerantes. Venice: Leonardus Wild, 1489 [but 1479]. US$ 5,625
£3,712
€4,371
1036 PEROTTUS, NICOLAUS. 1430-1480. Cornucopiae linguae latinae. Venice: Paganinus de Paganinis, May 14, 1489. US$ 4,375
£2,887
€3,400
1037 REUCHLIN, JOHANNES. 1455-1522. Vocabularius breviloquus. Basel: [Johann Amerbach], 1478.
US$ 6,250
£4,124
€4,857
1038 REUCHLIN, JOHANNES. 1455-1522. Breviloquus vocabularius cum arte diphthongandi.... Cologne: [Heinrich Quentell], 1486.
US$ 5,000
£3,299
€3,886
1039 REUCHLIN, JOHANNES. 1455-1522. Vocabularius breviloquus.... Strasbourg: [Georg Husner], June 14, 1488.
US$ 3,750
£2,474
€2,914
1040 SUIDAS. Lexicon graecum. Milan: Johannes Bissolus and Benedictus Mangius, for Demetrius Chalcondylas, November 15, 1499. US$ 21,250
£14,024
€16,516
1041 TORTELLI, GIOVANNI. 1400-1466. De orthographia dictionum e Graecis tractarum. Venice: Hermann Liechtenstein, November 12, 1484.
US$ 2,750
£1,814
€2,137
1042 VOCABULARIUS EX QUO. Ex quo vocabularii varii autentici videlicet idelicet huguitio katholicon. [Strasbourg: printed by Georg Husner, not after 1483.]
US$ 2,500
£1,649
€1,943
1043 VOCABULARIUS RERUM. Vocabularius rerum latinoteutonicus. Augsburg: Johann Keller, 1478.
US$ 6,000
£3,959
€4,663
1044 ALSACE IMPRINTS—16TH CENTURY. 1. TORRENTINUS, HERMANNUS. Elucidarius carminu et historiaru. Haguenau: H. Bran, 1510. US$ 3,750
£2,474
€2,914
1045 ALUNNO, FRANCESCO. c.1480-1556. Le Ricchezze della lingua volgara.... Venice: Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1543.
US$ 687
£453
€534
1047 ANDREAE, JOHANNES. Lecture super arboribus consanguineitatis et affinitatis.... Vienna: Hieronymus Vietor and Johann Singriener, by Leonhard and Lucas Alantsee, February 1, 1513. US$ 2,750
£1,814
€2,137
1048 AS'AD, MUHAMMAD. [Turkish-Arabic and Arabic-Turkish Dictionary. Constantinople: A.H. 1218 / 1803 C.E.]
US$ 600
£395
€466
1049 AUCTION CATALOGUE. [WITT, JOHAN DE.] Catalogus bibliotheca luculentissimae, & exquisitissimis ac rarissimis in omni disciplinarum & linguarum genere libris.... Illius auctio habibetur Dordraci ... 20 Octobris 1701 [-Pars secunda; sive numismatum ac operis prisci thesaurus]. Dordrecht & Amsterdam: T. Goris & J. van Braam, & F. Halm, 1701. US$ 475
£313
€369
1050 [BARLEMENT, NOEL VAN. d.1531.] Colloquia, et dictionariolum octo linguarum.... Delft: Bruno Schinckel, 1598.
US$ 2,375
£1,567
€1,845
1052 [BARLEMENT, NOEL VAN. d.1531.] Group of 4 polyglot travel dictionaries. Various places: 17th century, comprising:
US$ 2,000
£1,319
€1,554
1053 BASEL IMPRINTS—16TH CENTURY. US$ 4,750
£3,134
€3,691
1054 BASEL IMPRINTS—16TH CENTURY. 1. CALEPINO. Lexicon. Valentin Curio, September, 1530.
US$ 6,000
£3,959
€4,663
1055 BEBEL, HEINRICH. 1472-1518. Commentaria epistolarum conficiendarum. Strasbourg: Johann Grüninger, 28 February, 1506. US$ 937
£618
€728
1056 [BYART, NICOLAUS DE.] Dictionarius pauperum omnibus verbi divini Predicatoribus pernecessarius. Cologne: Quentell, 1505. US$ 687
£453
€534
1057 CALEPINO, AMBROGIO. 1435-1511. [Dictionarium.] Calepinus Ad librum. Mos est putidas.... Reggio Emilia: Dionysius Bertochus, 1502.
US$ 3,500
£2,309
€2,720
1058 CALEPINO, AMBROGIO. 1435-1511. [Dictionarium.] Venice: Peter Liechtenstein, 1506.
US$ 937
£618
€728
1060 CALEPINO, AMBROGIO. 1435-1511. Dictionum latinarum: [et] graecarum i[n]terpres perspicacissimus, omniumq[ue] Cornucopiae vocabulorum i[n]sertor sagacissimus.... Venice: Alexandri de Paganinis for Leonardi Alantsee, 1513. US$ 937
£618
€728
1061 CALEPINO, AMBROGIO. 1435-1511. Dictionarium ex optimis quibusque studiose collectum: & rursus auctum. Paris: Nicolas de Prez, July 3, 1517.
US$ 1,375
£907
€1,068
1062 CALEPINO, AMBROGIO. 1435-1511. Dictionarium latinarum et graecarum interpres perspicacissimus.... Venice: Bernardinus Benalius, March 10, 1520.
US$ 1,375
£907
€1,068
1063 CAÑES, FRANCISCO. 1730-1795. Diccionario español latino-arabigo.... Madrid: printed by Antonio Sancha, 1787. US$ 3,125
£2,062
€2,428
1064 [CASTONI, GIOVANNI.] Dictionarium graecum. Venice: Melchior Sessa and Petrus de Ravanis, December 24, 1525. US$ 1,250
£824
€971
1065 DASYPODIUS, PETRUS (PETER HASENFUSS). 1490-1599. Dictionarium voces propemodum universas in autoribus latinae linguae probatis, ac vulgo receptis occurrentes Germanice explicans.... [Strasbourg: Wendelin Rihel, 1535.]
US$ 1,375
£907
€1,068
1066 DOMINICUS GERMANUS, DE SILESIA. 1588-1670. Fabrica linguae Arabicae cum interpretatione Latine, & Italica. Rome: Sac. Congreg. de Prop. Fide., 1639. US$ 3,750
£2,474
€2,914
1067 ESTIENNE BIBLE. Biblia. Paris: Robert Estienne, 1528 [colophon: November 28, 1527]. US$ 4,750
£3,134
€3,691
1068 ESTIENNE BIBLE. Biblia breves in eaden annotationes.... Paris: Robert Estienne, 1532.
US$ 8,125
£5,362
€6,315
1069 ESTIENNE, ROBERT. 1503-1559. Dictionarium, seu Latinae linguae thesaurus.... Paris: Robert Estienne, December 14, 1536.
US$ 1,875
£1,237
€1,457
1071 ESTIENNE, ROBERT. 1503-1559. Dictionaire francoislatin, autrement dict les mots Francois, avec les manieres duser diceulx, tournez en Latin. Paris: Robert Estienne, 27 July, 1549.
US$ 2,500
£1,649
€1,943
1073 ESTIENNE, ROBERT. 1503-1559. Lexicographorum principis thesaurus linguae latinae.... Basel: E. & J.R. Thurnisiorum, 1740-1743. US$ 2,750
£1,814
€2,137
1074 ESTIENNE, HENRI. 1528?-1598. Thesaurus Graecae linguae. [Geneva]: Henri Estienne, 1572.
US$ 4,000
£2,639
€3,108
1075 FAVORINO, GUARINO. 1450-1537. Mega kai pany ophelimon lexikon [In Greek]. Magnum ac perutile dictionarium. Rome: Zacharias Callierges Cretensis, [1523]. US$ 2,750
£1,814
€2,137
1076 FRENCH IMPRINTS—16TH CENTURY. 1. CALEPINUS. Dictionarium. "Paris" [but Strasbourg: Gruninger, c.1510]. US$ 3,750
£2,474
€2,914
1077 GERMAN KONVERSATIONS LEXIKON. Manuscript encyclopedia and compilation of quotations. [Germany, late 18th-early 19th century.] US$ 4,000
£2,639
€3,108
1078 GERMAN IMPRINTS—16TH CENTURY. 1. Ex Probatissimis authoribus variarum rerum vocabula.... [Augsburg: Otmar, 1517.] US$ 875
£577
€680
1080 HENISCH, GEORG. 1549-1618. Teutsche Sprach und Weissheit. Thesaurus linguae et sapientiae Germanicae. Augsburg: David Franc, 1616.
US$ 3,125
£2,062
€2,428
1081 HESYCHIUS OF ALEXANDRIA. Late 4th/early 5th c. Lexikon [In Greek]. Dictionarium. Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1514.
US$ 6,250
£4,124
€4,857
1082 HESYCHIUS OF ALEXANDRIA. Late 4th/early 5th c. Lexikon [In Greek]. Dictionarium. Florence: Filippo Giunta, heirs, 1520.
US$ 2,500
£1,649
€1,943
1083 HESYCHIUS OF ALEXANDRIA. Late 4th/early 5th c. Lexikon [in Greek]. / Dictionarium. Hagenau: Thomas Anshelm, Dec, 1521.
US$ 1,875
£1,237
€1,457
1084 ICELANDIC. ÓLAFSSON, MAGNÚS, OF LAFAUS. Specimen Lexici Runici. Copenhagen: Melchior Martzan, 1650.
US$ 1,000
£659
€777
1085 [JODOCUS?] Vocabularius juris utrisque. Strasbourg: [Georg Husner], May 27, 1500. WITH: US$ 6,875
£4,537
€5,343
1086 ITALIAN IMPRINTS—16TH CENTURY. 1. CALEPINO. Vocabularius. Thesaurus copiosissimus: ex Nicolai Perotti Cornucopie. Toscolano: Alessandro Paganino, 1522. US$ 2,250
£1,484
€1,748
1087 ITALIAN-GERMAN TRAVEL DICTIONARY. Manuscript Italian-German dictionary. [Italy, c.1720?] US$ 2,375
£1,567
€1,845
1088 KIMCHI, DAVID BEN JOSEPH. c.1160-1235. Sefer ha-shorashim [In Hebrew.] Venice: C. Adelkind for D. Bomberg, 1546.
US$ 1,125
£742
€874
1089 KOLIN, PETER, AND HANS FRIES. Dictionarium latinogermanicum. Zurich: Christopher Froschauer, March, 1541.
US$ 2,375
£1,567
€1,845
1090 LABROSSE, JOSEPH. 1636-1697. Gazophylacium linguae Persarum. Amsterdam: Janson-Waesberge, 1684.
US$ 937
£618
€728
1092 LEVITA, ELIA & SEBASTIAN MUENSTER. Sefer ha-harkavah [In Hebrew]. Composita verborum & nominum Hebraicorum. Basel: [Joannes Froben], November, 1525. US$ 812
£536
€631
1093 LEVITA, ELIA. 1469-1549. Sefer Tishbi [In Hebrew]. Isny: for the Author by Paul Fagius, 1541. US$ 1,625
£1,072
€1,263
1094 MARTINI, MATTHIAS. 1572-1630. Lexicon philologicum, praecipue etymologicum et sacrum.... Bremen: printed by Villerian [for Johannes Willi and Georg Hoismann], 1623.
US$ 375
£247
€291
1095 MÜNSTER, SEBASTIAN. 1489-1552. HOLBEIN, HANS, engraver. Arukh. Dictionarium Chaldaicum non tam ad Chaldaicos interpretes.... Basel: Johann Froben, 1527. US$ 1,625
£1,072
€1,263
1096 NANI MIRABELLI, DOMINICUS. fl. late 15th c. Polyanthea opus suavissimus floribus exornatum compositum.... Savona: Francesco Silva, Ides of February, 1503.
US$ 12,500
£8,249
€9,715
1097 NEBRIJA, ELIO ANTONIA DE. 1441-1522. Vocabularium Nebrissense ex Siciliensi sermone in Latinum ... traductum. Venice: Bernardinus Benalius, for Dominicus di Nesi, June 1, 1519.
US$ 5,625
£3,712
€4,371
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