Tommaso OBIZZINO
Grammatica Arabica Agrumia appellata. Cum versione Latina, ac dilucida expositione[Grammatica Arabica Called Agrumia. With a Latin Translation and a Detailed Commentary]
Imprimerie de la Propagande|Rome 1631|10.8 x 16.5 cm|Relié
First edition of this Arabic grammar, one of the earliest works printed by the Propaganda Press, whose own printing office had only been established in 1627 by Pope Urban VIII through the consolidation of several typographical collections, notably the Medici Arabic presses.
Contemporary full stiff vellum, smooth spine, title and date lettered in black ink, small wormholes to one joint and the left margin of the upper cover, sprinkled edges, contemporary binding.
A wormtrack runs through most of the leaves, occasionally affecting a few letters of the text.
The Franciscan friar Tommaso Obizzino (1585-1632), a native of Novara, produced several manuals for the study of the...
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