Origem da Lingoa Portuguesa Pedro Lisbon. pp. 150. Portion of title removed. Lisbon, 1606. * BOUND WITH: LEAÕ (LEON), DUARTE NUNEZ DE. Orthographia da Lingoa Portuguesa. ff. 78. Wanting title page. Lisbon, 1576.
AUCTION 50 |
Thursday, February 24th,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art
Lot 315
LEÃO (LEON), DUARTE NUNEZ DE
Origem da Lingoa Portuguesa Pedro Lisbon. pp. 150. Portion of title removed. Lisbon, 1606. * BOUND WITH: LEAÕ (LEON), DUARTE NUNEZ DE. Orthographia da Lingoa Portuguesa. ff. 78. Wanting title page. Lisbon, 1576.
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $400
Both these works are considered classic studies of the Portuguese language.
According to H.P. Salomon et al, the celebrated 16th-century chronicler and grammarian Duarte Nunes de Leão (1530-1608) was a New Christian. Besides writing works on the Portuguese language, De Leão wrote: Chronicas dos Reis de Portugal (1600) and Descriçao do Reino de Portugal (1610). See A.S. Saraiva, H.P. Salomon, I.S.D. Sassoon, The Marrano Factory: The Portuguese Inquisition and Its New Christians (2001) p.121