Del Alfabeto y Lengua de los Fenices, y de sus Colonias.
Madrid: For Joachin Ibarra, Impresor de Camara del Rei Nuestro Señor, 1772. Item #1126 Folio. 350 x 265 mm., [13 ¾ x 10 inches. pp. [2], pp. 337-378, [2] pp. Illustrated with three full-page engraved plates and images of coins and calligraphy throughout the text. Bound in full Spanish morocco, double fillet borders on boards, raised bands, red leather title label; marbled paper pastedowns and end leaves; some minor rubbing to the binding and some minor discoloration to the edges of the paper. Very nice copy with very large margins, printed on thick paper. Translated from the Latin into Spanish by Gabriel Antonio Bordón, Infante of Spain. Beautifully produced archeological work by the Infante of Spain, that reproduces the ancient language of the Phoenicians from reliques, coins, and papyrus fragments. The appears to be the final chapter printed in folio of the Ibarra edition of Sallust’s La conjuracion de Catilina y La guerra de Jugurta originally printed in quarto. The Harvard College Catalogue states that the essay was written by Francisco Pérez Báyer.
Price: $1,150.00