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PEREIRA, BENTO, S.J. Prosodia in vocabularium trilingue, latinum, lusitanicum et hispanicum digesta, in qua dictionum significatio et syllabarum quantitas expenditur. [4], 282 leaves. Folio, contemporary limp vellum with calligraphic spine title in ink, remnants of thong ties, rear cover damaged; contents browned, scattered ink blots and light dampstains, clean tear in one preliminary leaf, blank corner off N1, small hole in gutter of 2A3, minor worming in gutters toward end, ink stain in upper margin of approximately the last 20 leaves. Evora: Manuel Carvalho, 1634
Scarce first edition of the authoritative Latin-Portuguese dictionary of the 17th century and first half of the 18th, going through a dozen editions by 1750 but suppressed following the 1759 expulsion of the Jesuits from Portugal. The first 6 editions also included Spanish. Innocencio I, 352; Palau 218648.
