Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1784 June 12

Two folio-sized leaves containing a two-and-a-half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley discussing mythology, a reference to the writing of David Hoar, and miscellaneous news.

Letter from James Winthrop to William Bentley, 1799 November 25

Two folio-sized leaves containing a one-and-a-half-page handwritten letter from Winthrop to Bentley discussing James Dallaway's Constantinople, Ancient and Modern, and Greek mythology.

Shāhnāmah : manuscript, 1718-1721

Written in a professional taʻlīq script in black ink, rubricated in red, 20 lines per page in 4 gold-ruled columns. Contains 115 miniatures portraying various scenes from the poem.

Chips from a German workshop.

v.1 Recent essays and addresses -- v.2. Biographical essays -- v.3. Essays on language and literature -- v.4. Essays on mythology and folk-lore.

Sumerian epics and myths /

Reproductions of tables from Nippur belonging to the Babylonian section of the University museum of the University of Pennsylvania. S. N. Kramer has grouped the plates in their present arrangement and has contributed the introductory descriptions of the text. Cf. Foreword.

Orpheus: myths of the world.

Illustrated t.-p.

Chan Kom, a Maya village,

Mode of access: Internet.

An outline of German historical grammar,

"The present book is far from being a mere new edition of [the author's 'The sound and history of the German language'] ... In a sense ... [it] may be considered a precursor of the author's comprehensive grammar of the Germanic languages."--Pref.

Ausgewählte schriften des Lucian /

Contains bibliographical footnotes.

Beschreibung der Gemälde des Polygnotos von Thasos in der Lesche zu Delphi /

Mode of access: Internet.

Monumenta Germaniae historica.

Text in Latin: includes some introductory materials and notes in German.

Oidipus, geschichte eines poetischen stoffs im griechischen altertum.

Mode of access: Internet.

Oidipus, Geschichte eines poetischen Stoffs in griechischen Altertum,

Mode of access: Internet.

Griechische Mythologie /

Includes bibliographical references.

Grundriss der germanischen philologie,

Title varies: v. 7- Grundriss der germanischen philologie unter mitwirkung zahlreicher fachgelehrter, begründet von Hermann Paul.