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Auction 50 · Lot 315
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.
- Estimate
- $300–$500
- Hammer price
- $400
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
LEÃO (LEON), DUARTE NUNEZ DE
Description
Two works bound in one. Both FIRST EDITION.
summary
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
Light stains. Contemporary limp vellum, wrinkled and pocked. Sm. 4to.
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