Cañes (Francisco) Diccionario Español. Latino-Arabigo, 3 vol., first

Cañes (Francisco) Diccionario Español. Latino-Arabigo, 3 vol., first edition, text in double columns, half-titles, errata f., 4 large engraved headpieces by Fernando Selma after Josef Camaron, occasional light browning to vol.3, occasional light staining, light worming to margins, ink inscription to free endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt spines with red and green morocco labels, labels a little chipped, a few worm holes, light rubbing, folio, Madrid, by Don Antonio Sancha, 1787. *** An early dictionary with the intended use for the missionaries in Africa and the Middle East; interestingly, it focuses on colloquial rather than classical Arabic.

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