Oct 20, 2009 - Sale 2190

Sale 2190 - Lot 302

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DIEU, LUDOVICUS DE, S.J. Rudimenta linguae Persicae . . . accedunt duo priora capita Geneseos, ex Persica translatione Jac. Tawusi. [8], 95 pages. bound after: XAVIER, HIERONYMUS, S.J. Historia Christi [S. Petri] Persice conscripta. [24], 640; [8], 144 pages. Together, 3 volumes in one, printed in Persian and Latin types, with titles in red and black. 4to, 213x164 mm, modern 1/2 calf with morocco lettering piece; light marginal dampstaining in Historia S. Petri; entirely untrimmed. Leiden: Officina Elzeviriana, 1639; 1639; 1639
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first editions of Dieu's Persian grammar, the first published work on the subject, and 2 Persian texts by Xavier with Latin versions by Dieu. Smitskamp 310; Willems 477 (mistakenly referring to a grammar by Giovanni Battista Raimondi as the first such work printed).