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1775ABC_47146Madrid: Don Antonio Perez de Soto 1775. Contemporary mottled sheepskin gold-tooled spine with a red morocco spine label marbled endpapers. 4to. With Perez de Soto's device on the title-page. Set in roman italic and Arabic type. First edition of a study of Arabic grammar in Spanish including an Arabic-Spanish dictionary and a translation of a general Christian doctrine text into Arabic. It was written by Francisco Cañes 1730-1795 who was an Arabist and a Franciscan missionary in the Near East. In the preface he states his reasoning for producing and publishing the present work: "I therefore present this Arabic grammar to the public wishing to contribute on my part to the ease of learning a language that is not rude barbarous and useless and that some out of ignorance despise; but elegant erudite and very useful as learned men recognize: in view of how much is written in it and of the numerous nations that speak it in Asia Africa and part of Europe." p. 4 translated from the Spanish. He produced the present grammar and his great Arabic - Latin - Spanish dictionary 1787 by Royal order of the court of Charles III of Spain for the profit of the general public and especially for missionaries in the Holy Land and the Middle East as a whole.With some annotations in ink and pencil in the text binding slightly worn around the spine first and last free endleaves professionally restored occasional very light foxing. Overall in good condition.l Palau 42854. Don Antonio Perez de Soto, unknown