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First edition, 2 volumes, folio, pp. [18], ccxxix, [1], 436; [2], 392, [12]; titles printed in red and black, lexicon in double column, engraved amorial headpiece, errata leaf at the back of vol. II; full 19th-century speckled calf, red edges, double gilt-ruled borders on covers, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, red and black morocco labels in 2; a few minor imperfections, hinges tender, else a very good, sound set. Bookplate of "Milton / Peterborough." This is the first dictionary of Basque, preceded only by Oihenartus' Notitia utriusque Vasconiae tum Ibericae tum Aquitanicae, Paris, 1638, to which was appended a Basque word list. Larramendi also compiled a Basque grammar, 1729. Entry words are in Castilian, with Basque and Latin equivalents. The 230-page introduction is an extensive history and grammar of the Basque language, the only non-Aryan language of western Europe, and a language unaffilliated with any other. Not in NUC. Not in Collison, Dictionaries of Foreign Languages; Trübner's Catalogue of Dictionaries and Grammars cites only the 1853 revision. Palau 132048; Zaunmuller, col. 28. Seller Inventory # 42910
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