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ANTONIO, da Aquila. Arabicae linguae novae, et methodicae institutiones. 4 folding letterpress tables. [40], 678 pages. 8vo, 162x103 mm, contemporary vellum boards, spine darkened with ink shelf number; tables severely browned, occasional lesser browning elsewhere, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary stamp on title, accession number on next leaf. Rome: typis Sac. Cong. de Prop. Fide, 1650
first edition of a grammar of spoken and written Arabic. The author was a Franciscan missionary who lived for a decade in Palestine and Syria. Graf IV, 179.
