Damasus et Laurentius Hispanis asserti et vindicati. Dissertatio historica.

4to: [20]-176 pp. (some marginal soiling or spotting).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine with leather label, marbled edges. Very good copy.

Rare treatise by the Spanish orientalist and historian Fr. Pérez Bayer (1711-1794), supporting the claim of Spain to be the homeland of Pope Damasus I (305-384) and of Saint Lawrence (225-258), martyred under Emperor Valerian. Title engr., 2 folding engr., and a few sm. text engr. Title in red and black.
Ref. Palau 219815.
Prov. 3-page 18th-c. Spanish bibliographical and critical manuscript notes bound with at front.