Breve compendio y elogio de la Vida del Rey Phelipe Segundo.

(Economics.) [Idíazquez (Juan); Perez (Antonio)]

Breve compendio y elogio de la Vida del Rey Phelipe Segundo.

[with] Hurtado (Pedro, de Alcozer) Memorial dado a la Catholica Real Magestad del Rey N[os]tro Señor D[o]n Phelipe III por D[o]n Pedro Hurtado de Alcazer verino de la Ciudad de Toledo. Sobre las Causas, y remedios de la deipoblacion de España.

Description: [ON THE REIGNS OF PHILIP II AND PHILIP III OF SPAIN] manuscript on paper, in Spanish, brown ink, cursive hand, watermark/countermark: (endpapers) half column/fleur-de-lis and GOZQVE; (text) coat of arms flanked by rampant lions, GB and 2 within circles, and QVARTINO, a few leaves minimally yellowed, 2 works in 1, ff. [35], [3, blank]; ff. [13], [5, blank], c.20 lines per full page, (295 x 250mm), contemporary re-used vellum, remains of ties, all edges sprinkled red, contemporary ms. 'P.V. M.S. 9' and '1o' inked to spine and upper cover respectively, traces of ancient folds to lower cover, couple of very small holes to spine, a little creased.

Publication Details: [Spain:] mid- to late 18th century

Notes: A most interesting Spanish manuscript, in excellent condition, featuring copies of two works produced during the reigns of Philip II and Philip III of Spain. The first – 'Breve compendio y elogio de la Vida del Rey Phelipe Segundo' – is an account of the king's life and death. Very popular at the Spanish court, where it began to circulate in the 1620s, the work survives (with slight variations) in several institutional manuscripts, mostly dating, like the present, to the 18th century. It was first printed in 1788, under a different title. The uncertain authorship has traditionally been a...more

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Price: £2,000

Subject: History

Published Date: 18th century

Stock Number: 69787

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