tigrinya, Erstausgabe (8 Ergebnisse)

Cahier/geniet. Zustand: Net exemplaar. 1e druk. Rede uitgesproken bij de aanvaarding van het ambt van buitengewoon hooglerar in de Semietische Taal- en Letterkunde aan de Universiteit van Nijmegen op 28 mei 1948. Met noten. De Semitische talen vormen een noordoostelijke subfamilie van de Afro-Aziatische talen. De grootste Semitische talen zijn het Arabisch, het Amhaars, het Hebreeuws en het Tigrinya. Ook het Maltees is een Semitische taal. Ugarit (of Oegarit) ligt net als de steden Tyrus en Sidon aan de Middellandse Zeekust. Tyrus en Sidon behoren bij Libanon en Oegarit tot Syrië. Ras Sjamra heet de tell waar de oude stad Ugarit is opgegraven. 33 pag. Size: 34cmx15,5cm.

1st ed. - Thesis University of Leiden. - With bibliogr. - Softcover.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. 115pp. Trade paperback. Text in both Eritrean (Tigrinya, Arabic) and English. Modest rubbing, near fine. Inscribed by Charles Cantalupo to fellow poet Daniel Hoffman. Typed letter from the translator laid in. Poetry.

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition. 115pp. Trade paperback. Text in both Eritrean (Tigrinya, Arabic) and English. Fine. Inscribed by Charles Cantalupo to fellow poet Daniel Hoffman. Also, laid in is a typed letter addressed to fellow poet Daniel Hoffman and Signed by the Charles Cantalupo. Poetry.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. 139pp. Wrappers moderately rubbed, short nicks on front wrapper foredge, near fine. Inscribed by Charles Cantalupo to fellow poet Daniel Hoffman on the title page. Additionally, laid in is a typed and Signed letter from Cantalupo also addressed to Hoffman. Contributions by Meles Negusse, Isayas Tsegai, Solomon Tsehaye, Angessom Isaak, Fessahazion Michael, Ribka Sibhatu, Saba Kidane, Beyene Hailemariam, Fessehaye Yohannes, Reesom Haile, Ghirmai Ghebremeskel, Fortuna Ghebreghiorgis, Solomon Drar, Ghirmai Yohannes, Paulos Netabay, Mussa Mohammed Adem, Mohammed Said Osman, Mohammed Osman Kajerai, Mohammed Mahmoud-El-Sheikh (Madani), Abdul Hakim Mahmoud-El-Sheikh, Ahmed Mohammed Saad, and Ahmed Omer Sheikh.

Hardcover. Zustand: g. First edition. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Vol.I: Tales, Customs, Names and Dirges of the Tigre-Tribes; Text in Tigre (xvii. 288pp). - Vol.II: Tales, Customs, Names and Dirges of the Tigre-Tribes; English Translation (x. 344pp). - Vol.III: Songs of the Tigre-Tribes; Text in Tigre (xxiv. 542pp). - Vol.IV A: Songs of the Tigre-Tribes: German Translation and Commentary (x.). - Vol.IV B: Songs of the Ad-Temaryam, Ad-Hebtes (Habab), Ad-Takles and smaller Tribes: German Translation and Commentary (1098pp Vol.IV A & B). Condition: Vol.I's back strip has 1 1/2" chip missing but present inside enpaper. Vol.II,III and IV B's head of spine chipped. Vol.I and Vol.2 hinges starting to weaken. Spine sunned. Some scuffing to front and back covers. Some age wearing. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Decorated endpapersand with bookplate of previous owner. Vol.II is illustrated with full page b/w photographs. Complete set in overall good condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. The first book printed in the Tigray/ Tigrinya language, exceedingly rare. *** 8°, without page nunmber, gatherings numbered ** (4 leaves) and 1 to 28 (8 leaves each). Full contemporary calf, worn and hinges broken, but holding on binding strips. Interior almost fine. *** The translation was done by the Abyssinian intellectual Matewos during the 1830s and revised by Isenberg. Upon its publication at Chrishona Mission Press, it became the first book published in Tigrinya/ Tigray, in Ge'ez script. It is still one of the most important extant contributions to Ethiopian and Eritrean literature.

Tradotto da Dre C. Winquist insieme con maestri indigeni.First edition. 8vo. Contemporary vellum, slightly soiled, ownership inscription on half title. 76pp. Asmara, Missione Svedese, Maria Bergman's copy - she was a relative of the Swedish missionary A. Bergman. Rare. Published the same year as Vito's Vocabulario dell lingua Tigrigna, this is one of the earliest dictionaries in Tigrinya. Moreover, it is only the second book published by the Swedish Mission Press and doubtless one of the first to be published on Ethiopic soil (Streclyn lists an earlier work dated 1894).