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Antonio Lobato de Santo Tomás. Manuscript in Ibanag on paper: “Quinque sermones in quinque precipuis festivitatibus B. Maria Virginis. Quibus accedunt sermo in feria quarta cinerumz et sermo in dominica 2o post octavam trinitatis. Per R. P. fray Antoniium Lobatao de Sto. Thomas. Tuguegarao, The Philippines: 1776–80. Small 4to. 196 pp.
$30,000.00

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• Precious few manuscript sources in the Ibanag language survive from the Spanish colonial era of the Philippines. Only a handful of missionaries worked in the region of the northeastern Philippine provinces of Isabela and Cagayan, most notably in Tuguegarao City, Solana, Cabagan, and Ilagan, where the language was/is spoken; and not all mastered the tongue. Fray Antonio Lobato was one of those who did and it was he who took Fr. José Bugarin's Ibanag–Spanish dictionary, created in the previous century, and edited it to a usable work — though the result was not published until the 19th century, and, apparently, no other work was published in the language during the 16th, 17th, or 18th centuries.

a large body of work set down in the Ibanag language, from the 18th century and as written/spoken by one of the seminal scholars of the language

Provenance: A signature “Fr. Antonio Lobato de Sto. Thomas” appears at the bottom of the last page and is almost certainly that of the the friar himself, which would mean that this is his autograph manuscript of the sermons.

• Contemporary very stiff vellum. Binding gnawed by a rodent with loss. Written on a good quality European paper, with some soiling and an occasional stain. No faults are serious and overall this is a remarkably good survival for an 18th-century Philippines manuscript. Now housed in a blue cloth clamshell box. (23668)

TORAH Lore — Midrashic Commentary — RARE

Extensive MS. Notes Throughout

Ashkenazi, Yaakov ben Yitzchak. [Four lines in Hebrew, romanized as] Tse'enah u-re'enah: ... perush Hamishah Humshe Torah, megilot ... bi-leshon Ashkenaz. Be' Amsterdam: Yoseph Props, 1722. 8vo (20 cm). [343] ff.
$2850.00

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NUC

only one other library copy of this edition

A copy with underlining andextensive notes in English throughout: e.g., “For three things men’s sins are forgiven, special honor, sickness, weddings.”

• Cowley, A Concise Catalog...Bodleian Library p. 298, 419; Steinschneider Catalogus Librorum, nr. 5545, 29. Marbled paper over cardboard, much rubbed and chipped; spine rebacked with heavy black tape. Rubber library stamp on bottom edge. Some staining and chipping and closely trimmed by binder, resulting in loss of letters at end or beginning of some lines. Notes in pencil, blue pencil, and ink as stated—evidence of use that to us makes this copy of the text more interesting, rather than less desirable!

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“The Victoria Album”

(Augusta's Album). Luckenback, Augusta, collector. Manuscript on paper, in English. Philadelphia, Easton, Bethlehem, and elsewhere. ca. 1853. 8vo (23.5 cm, 9.25"). [84 ff. (12 inscribed)]; 8 plts.
$350.00

The front cover vignette has been reproduced, in gilt, opposite the frontispiece portrait.

Provenance: The inscription on the front fly-leaf reads “Miss Augusta E. Luckenback [/] presented to her by her dear sister Em [/] Feb.y 11th/53.”

Binding: Publisher’s red morocco, spine gilt extra, front and back covers with gilt-stamped vignettes of Queen Victoria, front vignette surrounded by gilt-stamped floral border. All edges gilt.

• Binding as above, edges and spine rubbed, still bright and attractive. Mild foxing to some leaves and plates.

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“Northern Liberties” — Philadelphia

Broadside. Partially printed, completed in manuscript, beginning: To --------- Esq. Attorney of the Court of Common Pleas, at Philadelphia in the County of Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania to any other Attorney of the said Court, or of any other Court elsewhere. Philadelphia: before 1790. Folio. 1 page (13.125" x 8").
$100.00

Tyson and Walton signed the document on 24 August 1791.

An excellent display piece.

• Old folds with a few short tears. Residue of mounting tape at two points on the left margin. (14729)

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Burnside, Thomas. Document Signed. Clearfield, PA, 1811. Double folio (39.5 cm, 15.5"). [1] f.
$125.00

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The Irish-born Burnside, then treasurer of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, was later a justice of the Pennsylvania state supreme court.

A notary’s seal is affixed to the document, which was signed by both Burnside and Patton.

• Creased and slightly age-toned, with the folios separated and some offsetting from seal; a few small holes, touching text without notable loss.

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