Feb 28, 2013 - Sale 2305

Sale 2305 - Lot 15

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
ARRAIS, AMADOR. Dialogos . . . revistos e acrescentados pelo mesmo autor nesta segunda impressão. [22], 346 leaves. Small folio, 18th-century mottled sheep gilt; varying toning and dampstaining, partly repaired marginal worming through preliminaries generally not impairing legibility, top portion of B6 torn and restored with text replaced in manuscript, crudely repaired clean tear in 2V2 with tape discoloration but minimal text loss, leaf from bookseller's catalogue tipped to rear pastedown. Embossed stamp of Alfonso Cassuto on title. Coimbra: Diogo Gomez Loveiro, 1604

Additional Details

Second edition, enlarged, of a 1589 collection of dialogues on miscellaneous subjects, the third of which deals with the 1496 expulsion of the Jews from Portugal. The author was Bishop of Portalegre. Arouca I, 181; Mattos, page 32.