Lot 11

Spanish Dictionary.- Orozco (Sebastian de Corbarruvias) Tesoro de la Lengua Castellana, o Espanola, first edition, Madrid, for Luis Sanchez, by del Rey N. S., 1611

Hammer Price: £1,500

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Spanish Dictionary.- Orozco (Sebastian de Corbarruvias) Tesoro de la Lengua Castellana, o Espanola, first edition, title with woodcut royal arms, ink inscriptions to title verso (some show-through), title with short tear into text without loss and repaired to verso, a few annotations, trimmed, occasionally affecting headline and few annotations, a few short tears into text, some staining in pink ink to upper margins, mainly to final c.30 leaves, occasional minor marginal staining, some light browning and occasional light foxing, ex-library copy with bookplate, small ink reference to foot of title, contemporary vellum, rebacked preserving original backstrip with title in early ink manuscript, surface soiling, some old creasing and tears, new endpapers, 4to, Madrid, for Luis Sanchez, by del Rey N. S., 1611.

⁂ One of the first monolingual dictionaries in Spanish, or any vernacular language in Europe.

Description

Spanish Dictionary.- Orozco (Sebastian de Corbarruvias) Tesoro de la Lengua Castellana, o Espanola, first edition, title with woodcut royal arms, ink inscriptions to title verso (some show-through), title with short tear into text without loss and repaired to verso, a few annotations, trimmed, occasionally affecting headline and few annotations, a few short tears into text, some staining in pink ink to upper margins, mainly to final c.30 leaves, occasional minor marginal staining, some light browning and occasional light foxing, ex-library copy with bookplate, small ink reference to foot of title, contemporary vellum, rebacked preserving original backstrip with title in early ink manuscript, surface soiling, some old creasing and tears, new endpapers, 4to, Madrid, for Luis Sanchez, by del Rey N. S., 1611.

⁂ One of the first monolingual dictionaries in Spanish, or any vernacular language in Europe.

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