May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 76

Price Realized: $ 300
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
CONDE, JOSÉ ANTONIO. Historia de la Dominación de los Arabes en España. Volumes 1 and 2 (of 3). 6 engraved plates of Arabic inscriptions. xxiv, 635, [1]; [8], [3]-456 pages, including initial blank in Volume 2. Together, 2 volumes. Small 4to, contemporary gilt-panelled tan calf with the blind-stamped arms of Sir Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1779-1845; Olivier 555) on covers, joints partly cracked at top and bottom; contents clean. Madrid: Imprenta que fue de García, 1820

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first edition of a classic history of Arab rule in Spain, drawing extensively on primary sources in Arabic; the third volume was published the following year. Palau 59016.