DE SOUSA, JOAO: - Vestigios da lingua arabica em Portugal, ou, lexicon etymologico das palavras, e nomes portuguezes, que tem origem arabica, composto por ordem da Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa. Lisbon, Officina da Academia Real das Sciencias, 1789.

. Small 4to. Pp. xx, 160. Later calf, spine with five raised bands, gilt and with red title label. First edition of the first etymological dictionary to record Portugese words derived from Arabic. De Sousa was born in Damascus, brought up by Syrian Capuchins, and later on became professor of Arabic at Lisabon. Through this work De Sousa wanted to clarify the roots of Portugese words. The dictionary lists alphabetically the Portugese word followed by their equivalent Arabic word or source, transliteration and definition. Palau 320777. Schnurrer 129. Vater p. 291. Zenker i, 55.

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