Biscay - Vizcaya - Lot 179

Biscay - Vizcaya SORREGUIETA (Tomás de, abbé) Semana hispano-bascongada, la única de la Europa, y la mas antigua del orbe con dos suplementos de otros ciclos, y etimologias bascongadas. Pamplona, viuda y hijo de Longas, 1804. 2 parts in one volume in-4: 1f., XI, 208pp. 2 folding tables - 1f. 134pp. one folding table. 19th century red morocco, ornate spine, gilt decoration of large arabesque spandrels with 2 series of triple gilt fillets framing the boards, filleted edges, interior lace, minor flaws (small bumps), gilt edges. A good copy. One of the most important works in the Bascongada bibliography, as well as from a typographical point of view. M. Salvá says it is one of the rarest modern books you can have on the language and antiquities of Vizcaya (Vinson 162) (Bilbao VII, 534).