Author: MARIANA Joannes S.J. :
Title: Historiae de rebus Hispaniae libri triginta. Accedunt Fr. J. E. Minianae Valentini, Ord. Sanct. Trinit. Redemptionis Captivorum, Continuationes Novae Libri Decem cum Iconibus Regum.
Description: .: 16. Hagae-Comitum ('s-Gravenhage), Apud Petrum de Hondt, 1733, 2 vols. in-folio, (iv)+428+379 and 439+416 + (30) pp, index, printed in 2 columns, fine engravings (G.F.L. Debrie) for titles, initials, more than 40 kings' and queens' portraits, half leather over marbled boards, binding worn, interior fine with uncut pages, small ex-library stamps. Juan de Mariana (1533-1624), a Jesuit from Toledo, infamous for his book on the killing of despots; but arrested at the age of 73 for his views on monetary matters. This is an important and well-illustrated edition of his esteemed history of Spain with the continuation by Miniana. .

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