[Rarebooks] 1st ed. of "The Book of Mormon" in Spanish. Salt Lake: 1886

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(MORMONS) [THE BOOK OF MORMON] LIBRO DE MORMON... por Joseph Smith, Junior. Traducido... por Meliton G. Trejo y Jaime Z. Stewart. Salt Lake City: Deseret News. 1886. 12mo. xiv,626pp. Orig. black cloth, gilt title on spine (somewhat faded). Extremities a bit rubbed, but the cloth is very nice. Inner hinges starting. This copy has numerous purple ink notes in the margins made by a hand held rubber type stamp. For example: at the top of p. 496 is stamped (in 1/8" type) "Faith. 4 Nep. 1.5," with an "F" at the various sections on the page where "Faith" is referenced. On the verso of the final leaf is an ink stamped subject index. Photos can be sent to show these annotations.    $3,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
The very scarce first Spanish translation of THE BOOK OF MORMON. Flake 737.