PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS, Caius.

El Panegírico de Plinio en castellano, pronunciado en el Senado en alabanza del mejor Príncipe Trajano Augusto, su filosofía política moral y económica: traducido del latín por el licenciado don Francisco de Barreda: ilustrado con varias notas, y diez discursos que sirven como de ensayo al mismo Panegírico.

Madrid: en la Imprenta de D. Antonio Espinosa, 1787. 4to. [12], 308p. 1 plate: 'Plinio orando en el Senado á presencia de Trajano' signed 'Josef Ximeno inv. et sculp.' Stamp of Biblioteca de Manuel Polo y Pérez on title and final page; signature of Polo y Pérez on verso of title page. Contemporary mottled calf, slightly worn at corners and edges, gold-tooled spine, marbled endpapers. Engraved bookseller's label on front pastedown 'Luis Bardon, librero-anticuario, Madrid'. ***** The Panegyric of Pliny the Younger, a public speech of thanks to the Emperor Trajan full of correctly loyal sentiments. This Spanish translation was first published at Madrid in 1622. The translator has added ten Discursos or commentaries, the most interesting of which is perhaps Discurso IX 'Invectiva á las comedias que prohibió Trajano, y apología por las nuestras'. Palau 229053. Beardsley 159. NUC reports 2 copies of this edition. No copy in BLC.

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Book number: 8/068

Catalogue: Antiquarian Hispanic

Keywords: Latin, Spanish, Trajan, Pliny the Younger, antiquarian

QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS, Quintus

El arte poetica de Horacio, ó Epistola a los Pisones, traducida en verso castellano por D. Tomas de Yriarte . . . con un discurso preliminar, y algunas notas y observaciones conducentes a su mejor inteligencia.

Madrid: en la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta, 1777. 8vo. liii, 72, 54, [2]p. Signed A-L in eights, followed by quire M of four leaves. Contemporary calf, covers with gilt-roll border; gold-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; bookseller's ticket: G. Molina, Madrid. Palau 116055; Whitehead H50.

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Book number: 18/072

Catalogue: Antiquarian Hispanic

Keywords: Latin, poetry, Horace, Orazio

REINOSO, Félix José.

Examén de los delitos de infidelidad a la patria, imputados a los espa–oles sometidos baxo la dominación francesa.

Auch: en la Imprenta de la S.ra Viuda de Duprat, 1816. 8vo. 16, 439, [1]p. Slight spotting on title page and preliminary leaves. Small marginal tear on pp. 181-2. not affecting text. Minor wormhole in last 4 leaves affecting an occasional letter. Contemporary tree calf; gold-tooled spine; red-edged leaves; marbled endpapers. Slight wear at edges and corners. ***** The major apologia for the Afrancesados ('Frenchified Spaniards') - the name for those in Spain who supported the rule of Joseph Bonaparte. Their numbers included prominent intellectuals such as Quintana, Meléndez Valdés, Lista and Moratín. Afrancesamieneto was born with the accession of the Bourbons as kings of Spain, and was a natural product of the the Encyclopaedist movement and the Enlightenment. The Afrancesados and the 'patriots' opposed each other on the dynastic question when Napoleon's armies occupied Spain in 1808. With the restoration of Ferdinand VII to Spain in 1814, the Afrancesados were dealt with according to the degree of their complicity with the Bonaparte regime; those who had already fled to France were not allowed to return until the amnesty of 1820. Reinoso was a Seville-born poet and priest, one of the founders of the Academia de Letras Humanas, and the author of La inocencia perdida, modelled on Milton's Paradise Lost.. - Ward, pp.6, 491-2. Palau 256750; Almirante p.275 (Madrid, 1842 ed.).

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Book number: 18/145

Catalogue: Antiquarian Hispanic

Keywords: Spain, France, Afrancesados, Joseph Bonaparte

RIPOLL, Acacio Antonio de.

Regaliarum tractatus Eminentissimo, et Reverendissimo Alexandro Bichio Episcopo Carpectoracten. S.R.E. Cardinali dicatus.

Barcinone: ex praelo Gabrielis Nogues, expensis Francisci Menescal, Mercatoris Bibliopol[a]e & Gabrielis Nogues, Typographi,1644. Fol. [12], 335, [63]p. Engraved coat of arms of the dedicatee, Cardinal Alessandro Bichi, on title-page. Text in double columns (one column on page 75 partly scored out in ink). Some discolouration of paper in a few gatherings; slight marginal damp stains in first few leaves. Title-page creased. Contemporary limp vellum with two leather ties. **** A treatise on royal rights and privileges written by a Catalan jurist and Professor at the University of Huesca, whose other legal works included a treatise on maritime law and a commentary on Roman wills. Various ownership inscriptions relating to a 17th-century Barcelona lawyer, Antonio Arajol; a heavily deleted (and unread)ownership inscription in lower margin of title-page. Palau 269184. No copy in NUC or BL.

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Book number: 18/047

Catalogue: Antiquarian Hispanic

Keywords: law, Spain, Catalan, antiquarian

ROBERTSON, J.P. & ROBERTSON, W.P.

Letters on Paraguay: comprising an account of a four years' residence in that republic, under the government of the dictator Francia.

London: John Murray, 1838. 8vo. 2 vols. Vol. 1: xxvii, [1]. 359p. frontispiece, 1 folding map. Vol. 2: x, 342p. frontispiece. Maroon, embossed cloth (with binders' ticket "Royston & Brown, London"). Spines heavily faded. Bookplates removed. Text pages throughout very clean, and without blemishes. A sequel third volume was published in 1839 with the 2nd edition of vols 1 & 2.

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Book number: 18/161i

Catalogue: Antiquarian Hispanic

Keywords: Paraguay, South America, travel

ROBLES, Lucas de.

Sermon del dulcissimo nombre de Maria, que predico en la Cathedral de la ciudad del Cuzco el Padre Fr. Lucas de Robles lector de prima, regente de estudios, y guardian del Convento de N. P. S. Francisco, en 17. de setiembre de 1653 a peticion de su clero, que devoto consagr˜ la fiesta. Dedicado a N. M. R. P. Fr. Francisco de Borja . . .

Lima: impresso por Luis de Lyra. A devocion del Lic. Francisco Perez de Escobar. [1653]. 4to. [8], 13, [1] leaves. Modern quarter black morocco, marbled boards. Title page a little damaged and repaired, with partial loss of right hand border of printer's ornaments and of two letters of dedicatee's epithets; margins shaved affecting printed marginalia; minor paper repairs to final two leaves (not affecting text); final leaf lightly stained. Iberian Books, 124653 (listing 3 copies: Lima BN, John Carter Brown Library, Arizona UL). Medina, Lima Add., p. 521.

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Book number: 18/017

Catalogue: Antiquarian Hispanic

Keywords: LIma, Peru, Hispanic antiquarian, Mariology

ROJAS ZORRILLA, Francisco de

Comedia famosa. El desafio de Carlos V. De Don Francisco de Roxas.

[n.p., 17--?] 4to. 31, [1] p. Quires signed A-D in fours (A2 mis-signed A3). Caption title. At head of title: 'Num. 8' (right hand corner). Title-page very lightly spotted and some very light damp-staining throughout. Modern marbled boards. Book label of William Salloch, Ossining, New York ***** The historical basis of this play is the siege of Vienna in 1532 by Suleiman the Magnificent (Solimán) and his support of the claims of John Zapolya (Juan Sepusio) to the throne of Hungary against the claims of Don Fernando, brother of Charles V. In the play Solimán challenges Carlos to settle the war by a duel; the play ends with Solimán deserting Juan Sepusio, who in turn begs the Emperor's forgiveness. To sustain interest, a romantic and comic sub-plot is introduced: a Galician soldier-lackey, Buscarruido (Noise Seeker) is pursued by an amorous hermaphrodite, Mari Bernardo. A copy of this edition is located in the Biblioteca Histórica Cultural, Madrid. Whitehead R179 & R180 are different 18th-century editions (with a Salamanca imprint). Bainton 229 is also a different edition. No edition in Bergman & Szmuk. Not in Penney.

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Book number: 18/006

Catalogue: Antiquarian Hispanic

Keywords: suelta, Spanish, drama, Hispanic, antiquarian

ROUSSET DE MISSY, Jean.

Histoire publique et secrète de la Cour de Madrid; dès l'avènment du roi Philipe V, à la couronne. Avec des considerations sur l'état présent de la monarchie espagnole.

Cologne: Pierre le Sincère, 1719. 12mo. [2], 476, 8]p (with faults in numbering of pages). 5 engraved portraits including frontispiece. Title printed in black and red. 18th-century calf, worn at corners and edges and with some loss at head of spine; cracks visible in upper portion of front and rear joints; sprinkled red-edged leaves. Endpapers and flyleaves discoloured. Armorial book-plate of John Earle of Wigtonn Lord Fleming; Carberry Tower Library book-label.

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Book number: 18/196

Catalogue: Antiquarian Hispanic

Keywords: Spain, antiquarian

RUIZ ALCOHOLADO / RUYZ ALCOHALADO, Pedro.

Tractado muy util y curioso para saber bien rezar el Officio Romano, que divulgo Pio. V.P. Max. en el qual se declaran todas las rubricas generales, y particulares de el Breviario por su orden, como se vera en su tabla: y se satisfaze â muchas dubdas, que hasta ahora ha avido, y se pueden offrecer, especialmente en toda Hespa–a, con declaracion de el Kalendario Gregoriano. Nuevamente ordenado, facilitado, y revisto por Pedro Ruyz Alcohalado . . . Este es el primero tomo, que el segundo tracta de lo tocante á las missas.

Toledo: Impresso con licencia en casa de Pedro Lopez de Haro. impressor, y mercader de libros, â su costa y de el Author, 1584. 4to. 351p. Printer's woodcut device on title, woodcut initials. Some worming, almost all marginal with the exception of one very small wormhole which partially affects an occasional single letter. 19th-century quarter blue leather (scuffed), marbled paper-covered boards (scuffed). Ownership inscription on title page: "De la iglesia maior de san lucar de Barrama". Oval ink ownership stamp on p.17: "Casa de Azevedo" with eagle. ***** Until the Council of Trent there was a wide variety of breviaries in use throughout the western Church. In response, however, to a decree of that Council, Pope Pius V produced the Breviarium pianum (1568), a reformed version of the medieval Roman breviary. This was imposed on all churches and religious orders except those which could show that their local rites had a continuous history of 200 years. In Spain this resulted in considerable confusion, a problem which Ruiz Alcoholado addressed in several works on the breviary. Volume 2 of the Tractado was published under the title Ceremonial romano para missas cantadas y rezadas at Alcalà, por los herederos de Juan Gracian, a costa de Juan de Montoya, in 1589. References: Iberian Books, IB 16968; USTC 341461; Pérez Pastor, Toledo, no. 367; Palau 281471.

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Book number: 18/098

Catalogue: Antiquarian Hispanic

Keywords: Catholic Church, liturgy, breviary

LE SAGE, Alain-René.

Aventuras de Gil Blas de Santillana, robadas á Espa–a, y adoptadas en Francia por Monsieur Le Sage, restituidas á su patria y á su lengua nativa por un espa–ol zeloso . . . Nueva edicion aumentada con la continuacion de la historia de Gil Blas hasta su muerte.

Madrid: Imprenta de la viuda de Barco, 1811. 8vo. 4 vols. Vol. 1: xxxvi, [4], 320p. Vol. 2: [6], 439p. Vol. 3: [10], 412p. Vol. 4: [8], 423p. Occasional discolouration. 19th-century mottled calf, worn; gold-tooled spines, red leather title labels; marbled endpapers. Copies issued with 16 copper plates - this copy is without the plates.

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Book number: 18/127

Catalogue: Antiquarian Hispanic

Keywords: Hispanic, French, antiquarian

LE SAGE, Alain-René.

Aventuras de Gil Blas de Santillana robadas a Espa–a, y adoptadas en Francia por Monsieur Le Sage, restituidas a su patria y a su lengua nativa por un espa–ol zeloso que no sufre se burlen de su nacion.

Madrid: Imprenta de la viuda e hijo de Marin, 1797-91 [Vols 5-7 dated 1791 and with imprint Valencia: Oficina de D. Benito Monfort.] 4to. 7 vols. Vol. 1: [32], 335p. 6 engraved plates. Vol. 2: [4], 283p. 5 engraved plates. Vol. 3: [4], 287p. 4 engraved plates. Vol. 4: [4], 238p. 5 engraved plates. Vol. 5: [4], 344p. 5 engraved plates. Vol. 6: [4], 210p. 4 engraved plates. Vol. 7: [4], 196p. 4 engraved plates. Vol. 6 has title: "Adicion a las Aventuras de Gil Blas . . . " and vol. 7 has title "Adicion a las Aventuras francesas de Gil Blas . . .". 19th-century marbled paper-covered boards (scuffed at corners and edges); new dark brown morocco spines; marbled endpapers. Text and plates throughout all volumes in very good condition. Small book ownership stamp of W.B. Chorley on each title-page. Cf. STC of 18th-century Spanish books in the British Library, L84-86.

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Book number: 18/167

Catalogue: Antiquarian Hispanic

Keywords: Spanish, French, antiquarian

SALAZAR Y TORRES, Agustín de.

Cythara de Apolo, varias poesias, divinas, y humanas, que escrivi˜ Don Agustín de Salazar y Torres; y saca a luz D. Juan de Vera Tasis y Villarroel . . . Primera parte . . .

Madrid: por Antonio Gonçalez de Reyes, a costa de Alonso Montenegro, y Joseph Bascones Ayo, 1694. 4to. [48], 306, [4]p. Some pages a little browned. A little marginal worming in first gatherings, not affecting text; inner marginal wormhole in second half of book, not affecting text. Contemporary calf, gilt, a little worn. Iberian Books, IB 125839; Palau 286928. Penney p.493; Goldsmith S106.

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Book number: 18/041

Catalogue: Antiquarian Hispanic

Keywords: Spanish, poetry, antiquarian, Vera Tassis y Villarroel

SAN ALBERTO, José Antonio de.

Coleccion de instrucciones pastorales, que en diferentes ocasiones, y con varios motivos publicó para edificacion de los fieles, arreglo y direccion de sus diocesis el ilustrísimo y reverendísimo se–or D. Fr. Joseph Antonio de S. Alberto, obispo antes de Córdoba del Tucuman, y al presente arzobispo de la ciudad de La Plata en América . . .

Madrid: en la Imprenta Real, 1786. 4to. 2 vols. Vol. 1: 367 p. (2 marginal worm-holes from page 300 onwards). Vol. 2; [5], 370-830 p. (marginal worm-holes in first two quires). Without the engraved portrait of the author in vol. 1. Contemporary red morocco with slight wear at corners and spines. Covers decorated with floral gilt-roll borders; arms of Carlos IV of Spain in gilt on front and rear covers (traces of worming on rear cover of vol. 1 and patches of discolouration on covers of vol. 2); gold-tooled spines; green leather spine labels (with slight wear); marbled end-papers; all edges gilt. ***** Includes material on the contemporary (1780-82) Tupac Amaru uprising in Peru (vol. 1, pp. 225-41). References: Palau 289474; Medina, BHA 5208; Sabin 75979.

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Book number: 18/166

Catalogue: Antiquarian Hispanic

Keywords: Americana, Spanish, South America, antiquarian

SANCHEZ RANGEL DE RAYAS Y QUIRîS, Hipólito Antonio.

Fracmentos de una pastoral escrita en Mainas en la fuga de su primer obispo.

Madrid: Imprenta de E. Aguado, 1825. 4to. 182, [2], 9, [7], 22, [2], 37p. 4 parts in 1 vol. Part 2 has half title: Llegada á Lisboa. Part 3 has half title: Apéndice. Part 4 has half title: Pastoral del a–o de 1820 en la fuga desde Moyobamba á Chachapoyas. Contemporary mottled calf, corners worn. Palau 296040.

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Book number: 18/035

Catalogue: Antiquarian Hispanic

Keywords: Peru, South America, Americana

SANTOS, Francisco de los.

Descripcion del real monasterio de S. Lorenzo de el Escorial, unica maravilla del mundo. Fabrica de el prudentissimo Rey Filipo Segundo, coronada por el catolico Rey Filipo IV. el Grande, con la magestuosa obra del Pantheon, y translacion de los cuerpos reales. Reedificada por nuestro Rey, y Se–or Carlos II. despues del incendio, y nuevamente exhornada con las excelentes pinturas de Lucas Jordan . . .

Madrid: en la Imprenta de Juan Garcia Infançon, 1698. Fol. [6], 178, [4] leaves. 9 of 11 plates (IMPERFECT: wanting the folding plates before leaves 136 and 154). Quires signed ¦ A-Gg in sixes, followed by quire Hh of 2 leaves. Largish paper flaws/holes (contemporary and not affecting text) in margins of front free endpaper, ¦1 (title-page), ¦2 (Dedication); A1, I3, R6 and Gg5 (Indice); most of the plates have unobtrusive paper repairs. Small ink blots in quire S and on the folding plate showing a bird's eye view of the Escorial; a few marginal 'nota' marks in pencil. Contemporary parchment, two ties, manuscript spine title; sprinkled red-edged leaves. ***** The classic description of the Escorial, one of the architectural master-pieces of Europe, constructed for Philip II from 1563 to 1593, by the architects Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan Herrera. The enormous structure includes a convent, a church, a palace and a mausoleum. The plates, by Pedro de Villafranca, show the buildings of the Escorial and include a bird's eye view of the entire structure. References: Iberian Books, IB 126876; .

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Book number: 18/255

Catalogue: Antiquarian Hispanic

Keywords: Spain, architecture, Escorial, antiquarian