Basque language - Lot 171

Basque language OIHENART (Arnaud or Arnauld) Proverbes basques, recueillis [et traduits] par A. Oihenart suivis des poésies Basques du même auteur. Second edition augmented by a French translation of the Poésies Bordeaux, Faye, 1847 In-8: 2f., LXXV, (7) (preface), 310pp. Text in French and Basque opposite. ½ brown chagrin, gilt title on spine, super-libris with arms at foot. A good copy. Uncommon. "The Mauléon-born author, an emulator of Marca, has been called the "Father of the History of Navarre and Gascony". Edition by Francisque MICHEL based on the Bayonne copy. Some haphazard notes and corrections! (Vinson 26b) Provenance: Arms of a branch of the de Gramont family (super-libris at foot).