modern wrappers
1776 · Madrid
by Palomares, Francisco Xavier de Santiago
Madrid: Antonio de Sancha, 1776. modern wrappers. Calligraphy. small folio. modern wrappers. (iv) xxviii, 136 pages. Inventada por el Insigne Maestro Pedro Diaz Morante, e Ilustrada con Muestras nuevas, y varios discursos conducentes al verdadero Magisterio de Primeras Letras. First edition. Forty engraved plates of calligraphic specimens. "Influential text, the result of a commission to design a more efficient national script." (Harvard/Becker 141. Bonacini 1353; Berlin 5248; Cotarelo y Mori II, 145; Palau 210612, 299945). Includes engraved additional title, lacking errata leaf. Spine cracked completely through; blank lower outer corner of letterpress title restored. With fore edge trimmed, minor soiling on some plates, page 136 torn in several places, and plate 33 wormed (probably supplied from another copy).
(Inventory #: 96419)