Genealogia Verdadera de los Reyes de Portugal [“True Genealogy of the Kings of Portugal.”]
AUCTION 51 |
Thursday, June 23rd,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II
Lot 12
LEON (LEÃO), DUARTE NUÑEZ DE
Genealogia Verdadera de los Reyes de Portugal [“True Genealogy of the Kings of Portugal.”]
Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck 1608
Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $400
According to H.P. Salomon et al, the celebrated 16th-century chronicler and grammarian Duarte Nunez de Leon (1530-1608) was a New Christian. Besides writing works on the Portuguese language, De Leon 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