4 Dec 2012
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The Dictionary Collection of Thomas Malin Rodgers
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The Dictionary Collection of Thomas Malin Rodgers
Back to auction 20475
TAPIA ZENTENO, CARLOS DE.
Arte novissima de lengua Mexicana.... Mexico: widow of Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, 1753.
4to (200 x 135 mm). [22], 58 pp. Half-page engraved plate of the dedicatee's arms. Large typographic acrostic of the author's name in a double circle. Modern vellum. Some foxing and minor staining, acrostic leaf (blank on verso) slightly shaved and adhered at margin to following leaf.
Provenance: Frederick Starr ("Lingius Mexicani" bookplate); Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate, her sale, Christie's New York, Feb 1, 1988, lot 290).
FIRST EDITION. Text primarily in Spanish and some Nahuatl. Medina 4142; Sabin 94353; Viñaza 334.
4to (200 x 135 mm). [22], 58 pp. Half-page engraved plate of the dedicatee's arms. Large typographic acrostic of the author's name in a double circle. Modern vellum. Some foxing and minor staining, acrostic leaf (blank on verso) slightly shaved and adhered at margin to following leaf.
Provenance: Frederick Starr ("Lingius Mexicani" bookplate); Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate, her sale, Christie's New York, Feb 1, 1988, lot 290).
FIRST EDITION. Text primarily in Spanish and some Nahuatl. Medina 4142; Sabin 94353; Viñaza 334.
Sold for
US$ 1,250
inc. premium
Category: Books / Books, Maps and Manuscripts
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