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細節
WILLIAMS, Roger (ca 1603-1683). A Key into the Language of America: or, An help to the Language of the Natives in that part of America called New-England. London: Gregory Dexter, 1643.
First edition of the first English-Native American Dictionary. It is also the first book by this founder of Rhode Island and one of the most significant sources of early American ethnographic information. Rare.
12mo (142 x 99 mm). (Rusthole on D2 catching letter, some pale browning.) Late 18th-century speckled calf, red morocco lettering-piece (joints lightly rubbed). Provenance: Frank C. Deering (bookplate). Church 460; Field 1662; Pilling Algonquian 526-527; Sabin 104339; Vail 102; Wing W2766.
First edition of the first English-Native American Dictionary. It is also the first book by this founder of Rhode Island and one of the most significant sources of early American ethnographic information. Rare.
12mo (142 x 99 mm). (Rusthole on D2 catching letter, some pale browning.) Late 18th-century speckled calf, red morocco lettering-piece (joints lightly rubbed). Provenance: Frank C. Deering (bookplate). Church 460; Field 1662; Pilling Algonquian 526-527; Sabin 104339; Vail 102; Wing W2766.