Tratado del Origen y Arte de Escribir Bien...

First edition (the 1766 edition being a fictitious statement for 1770) illustrated with 25 calligraphic plates, of which the last three are only the different alphabets, Samaritan, Arabic... likewise the three preceding plates are not engraved plates (floral capital letters). Of note on p. 40 is a large vignette representing an abecedary in a circle whose center is a star. The leaf following the title is also an engraved plate, it is the dedication to the king, with his portrait in a medallion, a succession of loops forming the figure and the decoration. We have been unable to determine if this first edition contained the author's portrait found in the 1770 editions, which moreover possess notable differences from the first edition.
Only one copy at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France from 1768, none in French catalogues. The British Library holds a copy of the 1766 edition (1770) and another of the 1768 edition.
Contemporary full vellum binding, limp. Smooth spine with handwritten title along spine, faded and barely legible. Some stains on covers. A pale yellow dampstain on the title page, having browned the leaf margins.
The work is not only an exposition of the art of writing, but also a linguistic and phonetic treatise on the Spanish language, with provincial differences...
Libros Antiguos Puvill. Barcelona label.