How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York: with Illustrations Chiefly From Photographs Taken by the Author by Jacob A. Riis

2 parts: 340 pages with fold out table; 143+[3 errata] pages. Octavo (8 ¾ " x 6 ½ ") bound in cloth with gilt lettering to spine. From the library of George M Foster. First edition.Tzeltal is a member of the Mayan family of languages and is spoken mainly in the State of Chiapas, Mexico. Some of the earliest written documents in Tzeltal are Fray Domingo de Ara's Vocabulario de Lengua Tzeldal Según el Orden de Copanabastla, which is believed to have been written in 1571, and Manuel Díez's 1675 work, Conciones en Lingua Tzeldaica. There are currently at least six different dialects of Tzeltal spoken in Chiapas: Northern (Ocosingo, Bachajon) , West Central (Tenejapa, Cancuc), East Central (Oxchuc, Chanal, Amatenango), Southern (Aguacatenango, Villa las Rosas, Teopisca), South Western (Copanaguastla [extinct], Comitan), and the nearly extinct South Eastern (Trinitaria, Lagos de Montebello). However, this classification scheme is partial at best - each town where Tzeltal is spoken in the highlands of… Read More

174 pages. Folio. (13" x 9 1/4") bound in half pebbled cloth with marbled boards. Second edition limited to 200 copies of which this is number 156.Lacks the Aqui comienza el vocabulario en la lengua castellana y michoacanaWhen which was continuous paginagination.The Franciscans arrived in Michoacan in 1525, they found a new challenge, the language of the natives of the region, whom they came to call Tarascans was different from other native languages of New Spain. Maturino Gilberti, a Franciscan friar whose skills in the Tarascan language exceeded those of their peers. When his works were printed it was the first attempt of a systematic analysis of the language, and his vocabulary is still the best known Tarascan dictionary. Prior to his arrival in the new world, very little is know, it is thought that he may have been born in 1498. but it could have been in 1507 or 8 in the city of Poitiers, France. He studied arts and theology at the University of Toulouse and came to New Spain in 1531, shortly… Read More

A 1st ed. (2.000 copies) very good paperback (flaps),minor signs of wear on cov. as in image, text block near fine., FON. 592p. 22x16cm. 900gr. Indice/Index: image_2 / image_3.
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1682 1ed Customs of BRABANT Dutch Netherlands Belgium JB Christyn Antwerp FOLIO
Jean-Baptiste Christyn was a 17th-century Dutch diplomat of the Spanish Netherlands. Prior to serving as the Brabant government, he wrote an extensive and thorough history of the Brabant (European low countries) in which he outlined laws, customs, and people from all over the Netherlands and Belgium.
This enormous 17th-century folio covers Dutch and Belgian cities including Antwerp, Louvain, Bergen op Zoom, Geel, Steenokkerzeel, and many more.
Item number: #18125
Price: $750
CHRISTYN, Jean-Baptiste
Brabandts recht dat is Generale costumen vanden lande ende hertoghdomme van Brabandt midtsgaders van het hertoghdom van Limborgh stede ende lande van Mechelen
T'Antwerpen : By Michiel Knobbaert, 1682. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
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Pagination errors expected
· Language: Dutch
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~15in X 10in (38cm… Read More

1747 ROME Nieupoort Senate Roman Law Customs Mythology Cicero Latin Utrecht
Willem Nieupoort, a 17th-century Dutch historian, wrote 'Rituum' as a supplement to traditional Roman antiquarian studies. He outlined various aspects of Roman orders including the establishment of Rome and the Roman Senate, the offices of religious priests, liturgical rites, and the importance of games and amphitheater entertainments. There is also an important section focused on the Roman army as well as a section on the private lives of Romans, exploring their clothing, customs, coins, and celebrations.
Nieupoort was a well-known and respected jurist of his time, thus much of his perspective in this work involves Roman law. He acknowledges the importance of Cicero, Plato, and other philosophers, but also mentions the Roman focus on mythology.
Item number: #18616
Price: $499
NIEUPOORT, Willem Hendrik
Rituum, qui olim apud Romanos obtinuerunt, succincta explicatio
Traiecti ad Rhenum [Utrecht]: Apud Ioannem Broedelet, 1747.… Read More

2 Volumes. lii+395+[4] pages; vi+427 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") volume one rebound in red leather with gilt lettering to spine; volume two original quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. First editions.The first Mexican linguist worthy of this name is Francisco Pimentel, in the second half of the nineteenth century. He attempted to systematize what was known until then about the Indian languages of Mexico. His work is the starting-point for the development of a more scientific approach to linguistic studies on Mesoamerican languages. A scholar versed in European typology and comparative linguistic studies of the nineteenth century Pimentel is clearly indebted to his predecessor the Spaniard Lorenzo Hervas y Panduro, as well as Wilhelm von Humboldt, Friedrich Schlegel, Ernest Renan, Jacob Grimm and others. His work on linguistic classification in Mexico, unlike that of Orozco y Berra, was as up to date as that of any of his North American contemporaries. The second… Read More

174 pages. Folio. (13" x 9 1/4") bound in half pebbled cloth with marbled boards. Second edition limited to 200 copies of which this is number 156.Lacks the Aqui comienza el vocabulario en la lengua castellana y michoacanaWhen which was continuous paginagination.The Franciscans arrived in Michoacan in 1525, they found a new challenge, the language of the natives of the region, whom they came to call Tarascans was different from other native languages of New Spain. Maturino Gilberti, a Franciscan friar whose skills in the Tarascan language exceeded those of their peers. When his works were printed it was the first attempt of a systematic analysis of the language, and his vocabulary is still the best known Tarascan dictionary. Prior to his arrival in the new world, very little is know, it is thought that he may have been born in 1498. but it could have been in 1507 or 8 in the city of Poitiers, France. He studied arts and theology at the University of Toulouse and came to New Spain in 1531, shortly… Read More

New York: Ecole libre des Hautes Etudes, 1943. Livre. Bon. plaquette agrafée. Edition originale. In-8. New York, Ecole libre des Hautes Etudes, 1943. 25 x 17,5 cm, in-8, pp. 122 à 139, plaquette agrafée sous couverture imprimée. Très rare tiré à part de la revue "Renaissance" (volume I, fascicules 1 et 2, janvier-juin 1943). L'un des premiers articles importants de l'anthropologue. Couverture un peu défraîchie sinon un bel exemplaire..

Ralph Houlbrooke - Death, Ritual and Bereavement - London, Routledge, 1989 - First Edition - Hardcover with dust jacket - 250 pp - 22x14 cmCondition: Perfect, as new.Death, Ritual and Bereavement examines the social history of death and dying from 1500 to the 1930s. The book focuses on the death-bed, funerals, burials, mourning customs and the expression of grief. Seems to be the only first edition available worldwide.If you have any questions or want to see more pictures, feel free to ask.Your book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking number, signed & insured.

A 1st ed. (2.000 copies) very good paperback (flaps),minor signs of wear on cov. as in image, text block near fine., FON. 592p. 22x16cm. 900gr. Indice/Index: image_2 / image_3.
Notice:This item ships from Hamburg, Germany. (Versand innerhalb Deutschlands, zu viel Porto wird zuruckerstattet).