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GERMAN GRAMMAR). BACHMAIR, JOHN JAMES. A Complete German Grammar, in Two Parts. The First Part Containing the Theory of the Language through all the Parts of Speech; the Second Part is the Practice in as Ample a Manner as can be desired. The Third Edition, Greatly Altered and Improved. London, Printed: Phi: Henry Miller, 1772. 1st American edition. 12mo. [4], 313, [2] pp. Recent half leather & marbled boards. Considerable browning throughout. Early owner's name on title (1777). $375.00
Evans 12315. The first German instruction in America was at the Univ. of Pennsylvania in 1754, more than 20 years after the first French instruction. This is the first German grammar published in America.