Genealogia Verdadera de los Reyes de Portugal [“True Genealogy of the Kings of Portugal.”]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $400

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

LEON (LEÃO), DUARTE NUÑEZ DE

printer

Pedro Crasbeeck

Place

Lisbon

Publication

1608

Description

Second Edition. Marginalium on f. 72r

summary

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

ff.100, 111-113 (mispaginated but complete). Light stains. Contemporary vellum. 12mo

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