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[LUNA, MIGUEL DE.] The History of the Conquest of Spain by the Moors. Together with the Life of the Most Illustrious Monarch Almanzor. [32], 237 pages; lacks final blank. 8vo, 185x112 mm, modern panelled calf; marginal foxing and soiling on opening leaves, marbling along bottom edge of title. Armorial bookplate of Wriothesley Russell, second Duke of Bedford (1680-1711), on title verso. London: F. Leach for S. H., to be sold by T. Fox, 1687
first complete edition in english of a popular chronicle of the 8th-century Moorish invasion of Spain, purportedly translated by Luna from an Arabic manuscript in the Escorial, but actually a work of historical fiction written by him. Another English version of excerpts was published in 1627. Palau 144080; Wing L3484A.
