NEBRIJA, ANTONIO DE

Gramática castellana.

NEBRIJA, ANTONIO DE.

Gramática castellana. Printer: Typ. Nebrigensis Salamanca, 18th August 1492. Size: 16 x 24 cm. 68 leaves (136 pages). Gothic lettering, capitals in red.

The famous Castilian grammar by Antonio de Nebrija was printed in the Nebrigensis Typography.

Very important incunabulum preserved in Valencia’s Municipal Library, with capitals in red and Gothic lettering, which identify it as one of the few existing examples of the first edition, as in the XVI century the first edition was reedited with rounded lettering.

First grammar in the Castilian language, source of consultation for the truly erudite. Work of Nebrija, considered the first Spanish humanist, who reviewed the Latin and Greek texts of the Biblia políglota complutense by Cardinal Cisneros.

-Our edition: Valencia, 1994. From the copy kept in the Biblioteca Serrano Morales del Ayuntamiento de Valencia.

-Edition of 3.000 copies, numbered and signed by notary and with the signature of the printer-publisher.

-Binding: Parchment on wooden board.

-Presentation case cloth lined with gold engraved leather spine containing facsimile and study in Spanish.

-Specially made laid paper.

-Study in Spanish conducted by Francisco Reus Boyd-Suand (Lecturer of the UNED-Denia Alicante). Included in Bibliofilia Antigua II.