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1791. BOOK. (LITERATURE—BIBLE). VILLANUEVA, JOAQUIN LORENZO:. ON THE TEACHING OF HOLY SCRIPTURE IN THE COMMON TONGUES. Valencia: Benito Monfort’s Press, 1791. Small folio. 12 leaves + 250 pp. + CCXXVIII pp. With an engraving by Mariano Brandi, engraved by Vicente López, on the title page and a header by the same engraver, drawn by R. Ximeno. Text in running lines and commentary in two columns. Long handwritten note in pencil on p. 9, signed H. del Río. Wide margins, good paper, with a hint of rust. Bound in half-leather, with raised bands. Palau 368227 praises the Monfort edition. CCPB 65210-5. Villanueva was a liberal clergyman, born in Játiva in 1757; he died in exile in Dublin in 1837.