Oct 16, 2018 - Sale 2488

Sale 2488 - Lot 271

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
SAN JOSÉ, FRANCISCO DE. Arte y Reglas de la Lengua Tagala. [52], 785, [88] pages; lacks 3K1 (pages 441-42). Printed on Asian paper. 8vo, 149x97 mm, contemporary limp vellum with spine title in ink, lacking ties; contents toned, hole in blank outer margin of title, portion of next leaf torn out and restored with text loss, holes in last leaf repaired affecting a few words. Branded ownership mark of the Convento de Santa Bárbara (or de San Antonio?) de Puebla (cf. CCMF/BF-12057) on top and bottom edges. Manila: Colegio y Universidad de S. Thomas por Ger. Corr. de Castro, 1752

Additional Details

Tagalog grammar first published in 1610. Medina/Manila 238; Palau 292357; Streit V, 340 note. OCLC locates copies in Munich and Santiago de Chile; this edition not in CCPBE, Filipiniana Materials in the National Library (1972), or Union Catalog of Philippine Materials (1970-76).