Histoire de la domination des Arabes et des Maures en Espagne et au Portugal, depuis l'invasion de ces peuples jusqu'à leur expulsion définitive ; rédigée sur l'histoire traduite de l'arabe en espagnol (...). par M. de Marlès

First edition of the French translation of the compilation entitled Historia de la dominacion de los Arabes en España sacada de varios manuscritos y memorias arabigas (Madrid, 1820–21), cf. Playfair 528. Palau 59020.

Contemporary bindings in black half sheepskin, flat spines decorated with gilt garlands and blind-tooled floral ornaments, gilt library shelfmark numbers at foot, vellum-tipped corners, headcaps rubbed on two volumes, covers in mottled paper, bookplates pasted on the endpapers, a few small chips to the upper edges and corners of the third volume, sprinkled edges.

Scattered foxing, minor rubbing to the bindings.

Copy from the library of Vittorio Rochstol, with his bookplates mounted on the front endpapers.

Initially well received as the first attempt to tackle the subject, it was later strongly criticized for its inaccuracies, and even for fabricating certain facts. The Castilian historian José Antonio Conde (1765–1820) had nonetheless studied Arabic and Hebrew.