Arte Hebraispano: Grammatica de la Lengua Santa en Idioma Castellano

Madrid: Florian Anisson, 1676. 8vo in 4s. a-a4,e-e4,i-i4; A-2T4. 180 leaves, pp.[24],1-336. Rebound in marbled leather spine with 4 gilt stamped raised bands & green & burgundy labels stamped in gilt. More modern repairs resulted in leatherette corners subsequently covered by glossy marbled paper over the boards. Modern endpapers & flyleaves with circa 1950's woodgrain patterned paper pasted over the endpapers.
Boards and spine rubbed and scratched. Paper lightly chipped along the board edges and corners. Front hinge starting. Tape repaired tears in leaves A4, D4 & 2M. 2" tear in leaf 2Q2. Foxing throughout. Minimal insect damage to pages 267-324. Gutters of the first & last few pages reinforced. Good ccs

"The first book of Hebrew scholarship ever published by a resident of the New World was a grammar by Martin del Castillo, a Mexican Franciscan....Due to the lack of Hebrew types in Spanish America, Castillo was obliged to send the manuscript of his Hebrew grammar, Arte Hebraispano...to Europe, where it was printed in Lyons in France in 1676 and published by a bookseller in Madrid."
—from Omnia in Eo: Studies on Jewish Books and Libraries in Honour of Adri Offenberg by I. E. Zwiep, E. Schrijver, F. J. Hoogewoud (Studia Rosenthaliana 38/39)