CORMON (JL. Barthelemi). DICTIONNAIRE PORTATIF ET DE PRONONC - Lot 252

CORMON (JL. Barthelemi). DICTIONNAIRE PORTATIF ET DE PRONONCIATION, ESPAGNOL-FRANCAIS ET FRANCAIS-ESPAGNOL, A L'USAGE DES DEUX NATIONS. Lyon, B. Cormon et Blanc, 1803. One volume in 8° (xxix-778 pp) full brown basane, smooth spine decorated (traces of gilding), marbled edges (Contemporary binding rubbed). A good copy. Faithfully composed and written according to the latest edition of the Spanish Royal Academy Dictionary and the best French dictionaries. Once again, under the First Empire, Spanish grammars, dictionaries and pronunciation manuals proliferated. Palau, 62015 : se supone que parte de redaccion de este diccionario es obra del barcelones Juan Pia. (On joint). MERLE (J. T.). LA GRAMMAIRE ESPAGNOLE DE PORT-ROYAL. Paris, Léopold Collin, 1808. One volume in-8° (xxiv-284 pp) half blond basane, smooth spine decorated (Period binding). New edition to which have been added: 1)- Explanatory notes taken from the Spanish grammar of the Madrid Academy. 2)- A treatise on Orthography, translated from that published by the same academy; 3)- A list of Spanish abbreviations; 4)- A table of words of doubtful spelling; 5)- A Nomenclature of the most common things. Palau, 165791 cites only this edition. The same author also wrote a treatise on Spanish orthography. This grammar must have been published during the Napoleonic occupation (1808-1814) for the use of French people interested in Spanish literature, especially Don Quixote.