Very early non-Western printed type by Francesco Maria Maggio (1612-1686) - 1643
by Francesco Maria Maggio (1612-1686)
Very early non-Western printed type
by Francesco Maria Maggio (1612-1686)
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First edition grammar of oriental languages.
Francesco Maria Maggio (1612-1686).
Syntagmaton linguarum Orientalium quae in Georgiae regionibus audiuntur librus primus […] complectens Georgianae, seu Ibericae vulgaris linguae [...].
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Syntagmaton linguarum Orientalium […] librus secundus complectens Arabum et Turcarum orthographiam […].
Rome, Ex Typographia Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1643.
2 parts in 1 vol. Folio. [12], 143, [1 blank]; [8], 96 pp. On title: SyntagmatΩn.With engraved title vignette repeated on both parts and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Early 19th century red half goat with corners with gold-tooled borders, corners and spine, green morocco title shield on spine, yellow edges.
Very rare first edition of an important grammar of the main oriental languages, translated to Latin. It includes the first Georgian grammar and an Arabic spelling system, printed in Arabic, multiple Georgian, Armenian, Hebrew and Turkish type. This first edition is very rare, no copies were ever recorded at auction. In 1670 a second edition appeared without additions, which is more common on the market and in libraries. The work is divided in two parts. The first one consists of contains the first ever printed Georgian grammar, set in mkhedruli and khutsuri type, this "makes it especially valuable" (Kenessy). The second part is divided in two, the first deals with the rules of Turkish and Arabic orthography, the second provides the letter-forms of Hebrew, Syriac and a historic background. At the end of the second part a Turkish translation is printed in Arabic type of the "'Corolla B.M. Virginis', a widely used devotional prayer" (Smitskamp). The Teatine missionary author Francesco Maria Maggio from Palermo was trained at Propaganda Fide in Rome. In 1636 he left Italy for Constantinople, then Syria, Persia and larger Arabia, Armenia and eventually Georgia for an apostolic mission learning the languages, habits and customs of the region. He was in close contact with his predecessors in linguistics: Pietro Della Valle, author of the first manuscript Turkish grammar, mentions in his Viaggio that he took Maggio in as his student of Turkish. Maggio leaned on the essential Italian-Turkish dictionary by Giovanni Molino, Dittionario Della Lingua Italiana Turchesca (1641) and on a lost manuscript Lexicon turcicum by Iacobus Stephanius. He came back to Italy in 1841 (with the bones of Stephanius) and most likely started to work on the present publication then.
Reference: Deny I, p. 222; Elżbieta Święcicka, Dictionary of Italian-Turkish Language (1641) by Giovanni Molino: Transcripted, Reversed, and Annotated. Berlin/Boston 2020, p. 132 & 142 (with the second part as printed in 1670); M. Li Puma, "The Turkish grammars by Francesco Maria Maggio Theatine missionary in Georgia (1636-1641)", in: Etruscan Studies (IV, 2005), pp. 245-259; Mary Kenessy, "A Turkish grammar from the 17th century", in: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. Vol. 28, No. 1 (1974), pp. 119-125; Lang 167 (2nd ed.); Smitskamp 227 (2nd ed.).
Condition: bookplate of seller A. Franck, Paris on front paste-down, binding edges slightly rubbed, otherwise a very good copy.
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- Format/Binding Early 19th century red half goat with corners with gold-tooled borders, corners and spine, green morocco title shield on spine,
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- Edition FIRST EDITION
- Publisher Propaganda Fide
- Place of Publication Rome
- Date Published 1643
- Pages [12], 143, [1 blank]; [8], 96 pp
- Size Folio
- Keywords Linguistics, Georgian, Arabian, Middle East
- Size Folio
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Annuaire de la République Française, calculé pour le méridien du Kaire, l'an VIII de l'ere Française.
Cairo, de l'Imprimerie Nationale, an VIII [1799/1800].
4⁰. 119 pp. With a woodcut printer's device on title. Contemporary red painted paper wrappers.
One of the first books from the first printing press in the Arab World. The first issues from the Imprimerie Nationale are true incunabula of Arab printing and all are very rare. Most elusive amongst these is the present first almanac. We traced no copies in Arab or American libraries. The press lasted only until 1801.
The Imprimerie Nationale was set up when Napoleon traveled to Egypt in 1798: "an extraordinarily important turning point" (Glass & Roper). The French Republic aimed to bring progress wherever they arrived. In the case of Egypt this permanently changed the Arab World. Progress was predominantly expressed in administrative reform, of which the present almanac is typical… Read More
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