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1780. BOOK: (PALEOGRAPHY-TYPOGRAPHY). MERINO DE JESUCRISTO, ANDRÉS: ESCUELA PALEOGRAPHICA, Ó DE LEER LETRAS ANTIGUAS, DESDE LA ENTRADA DE LOS GOOS EN ESPAÑA, HASTA NUESTROS TIEMPOS. Madrid: Imp. Juan Antonio Lozano, 1780. Folio minor. 18 h. (including remounted engraved frontispiece and typographical title page)+ 443 p. Illustr. with 59 plates included in the pagination. Some illustrations in text and woodcut chapter end vignettes. Enc. modern vellum, spine lettered. All plates and the vignette at the beginning of the text are drawn by Father Andrés Merino himself, and engraved by artists José Assensio, Francisco Assensio, Moreno Tejada, Mansilla, Nemesio López. Father Merino worked in pedagogical, linguistic and religious matters, but where he excelled the most was in the field of paleography. His perfect knowledge of Latin, Greek and Arabic led him to the realization of very relevant linguistic works. Escuela paleographica is the first serious treatise on Spanish paleography, after the modest essays by Rodríguez and de Terreros. FIRST EDITION. Palau 165667. Salvá 2325.
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1780. BOOK: (PALEOGRAPHY-TYPOGRAPHY). MERINO DE JESUCRISTO, ANDRÉS: ESCUELA PALEOGRAPHICA, Ó DE LEER LETRAS ANTIGUAS, DESDE LA ENTRADA DE LOS GOOS EN ESPAÑA, HASTA NUESTROS TIEMPOS. Madrid: Imp. Juan Antonio Lozano, 1780. Folio minor. 18 h. (including remounted engraved frontispiece and typographical title page)+ 443 p. Illustr. with 59 plates included in the pagination. Some illustrations in text and woodcut chapter end vignettes. Enc. modern vellum, spine lettered. All plates and the vignette at the beginning of the text are drawn by Father Andrés Merino himself, and engraved by artists José Assensio, Francisco Assensio, Moreno Tejada, Mansilla, Nemesio López. Father Merino worked in pedagogical, linguistic and religious matters, but where he excelled the most was in the field of paleography. His perfect knowledge of Latin, Greek and Arabic led him to the realization of very relevant linguistic works. Escuela paleographica is the first serious treatise on Spanish paleography, after the modest essays by Rodríguez and de Terreros. FIRST EDITION. Palau 165667. Salvá 2325.
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