LAPIDARIO DEL REY D. ALFONSO X. Codice Original.
Madrid: Imprenta de la Iberia (a Cargo de J. Blasco), 1881. FIRST EDITION. Quarter bound with corners in leather and boards; A FINE COPY. Beautifully printed, and including colored illuminated miniatures representing the symbolism of the Zodiac, alchemy, magic and religion, and said to be the work of the Spanish king, Alfonso X, sometimes known as the Wise, (1221-1284). A photo-chromolithographic reproduction, by A. Selfa and H. Rodrigan~ez y Sagasta, of the original illuminated manuscript, and of the index [14 leaves] in the library of the Escorial, with text transliterated (76 pages at end). Edited by J. Fernandez Montan~a. A work on precious stones and their properties, and translated by Judah b. Moses Cohen from the Arabic of "Abolays". Small folio. Item #12987
Price: $750.00
