Author: VIEYRA [TRANSTAGRANO], Anthony.
Title: A New Portuguese Grammar in Four Parts; Containing I. Rules for the Combination and Use of the Different Parts of Speech. II. The Syntax. , III. A Vocabulary. IV. Various Passages. The Eighth Edition, Carefully Revised and Greatly Improved, with the Portuguese Words Properly Accented, According to the Latest Authorities.
Description: London, For F. Wingrave, 1811. Original printer's wrappers, 8vo. (printed by T. C. Hansard, Fleet Street), x[ii]+154pp+ii pp. publisher's list. Spine chipped at spine head, corners dog-eared, neat modern owner's name in ink to t.p. but internally fresh and bright. Collectable; Very Good R. Antonio Vieyra Transtagano (1712-1797), a Portuguese emigré who had been teaching in London, was given the first professorship at Dublin for Spanish and Italian. Vieyra also compiled a Portuguese into English Dictionary (1773) of which the poet Henry Longfellow in 1847 remarked "His is the best Portugueze-English Dictionary.. " . Paperback.

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