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1893236066London: Chiswick Press 1893. No. 11 of 13 copies printed on vellum there were also 88 copies printed on paper. Title with vignette numerous woodcut illustrations and large initial capitals. 1 vols. Folio 12-3/4 x 8-7/8 in.; 32.4 x 22.5 cm. Loose as issued in publisher's decorated board portfolio with maroon velvet straps in publisher's maroon morocco-backed clamshell box with printed label on upper cover; box worn a few rust marks on upper board. No. 11 of 13 copies printed on vellum there were also 88 copies printed on paper. Title with vignette numerous woodcut illustrations and large initial capitals. 1 vols. Folio 12-3/4 x 8-7/8 in.; 32.4 x 22.5 cm. One of 13 Copies on Vellum. This work consists of two important ordinances issued by the Spanish monarchy on November 20 1542 and June 4 1543. Under the active influence of Bartolomeo de las Casas "friend of the Indians" the new laws had the special design of ensuring better treatment of the Indians limiting the distribution of their lands and above all protecting them against enslavement by the conquering Spaniards. <br/><br/>"Las Leyes Nuevas" are reprinted here in this fine facsimile from the copy on vellum in the British Museum and are followed by an English translation. Much of the book is taken up by the historical Introduction by Henry Stevens who denounces the Spanish mistreatment of the Indians. Ironically the Spanish crown was later forced to rescind the new laws by colonists who were outraged at having to give up their right to a quota of enslaved Indian laborers.<br/><br/>A magnificent and impressive production by the Chiswick Press one of only 13 printed on vellum. Chiswick Press unknown books
1803WRCAM40396Madrid: En la imprenta de la Viuda de Ibarra 1803. 2xxxvi19498pp. Folio. Contemporary Spanish calf spine gilt leather label. Lightly rubbed at extremities boards lightly scuffed. Contents bright and clean. Near fine. Administrative regulations for Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and the Philippines. These laws represent the last ditch efforts of the Spanish monarchy to bring reform to the administration of their colonial holdings in the Americas. Six years later in 1809 the first declaration of independence from Spanish rule would be signed in Quito in modern Ecuador which would be the first spark of the movement for independence across Spain's American colonies. With this ORDENANZA Spain hoped to restructure and reform colonial rule in such a way to prevent that from happening. A nice piece of Spanish-American history. MEDINA BHA 5971. PALAU 202973. En la imprenta de la Viuda de Ibarra hardcover books
18495749Madrid: La Viuda de Burgos 1850 i.e. 1849. 8vo signed in 4s 22.1 cm 8.65". 761 1 blank pp. <br><br>Bound for presentation by Queen Isabella. Complete budgetary accounting for the year 1850 issued by the Spanish government printed by a woman printer of Madrid and here in an early example of the work of noted Madrid binder Ginesta.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Signed presentation binding by Miguel Ginesta II of Madrid of oxblood straight-grain morocco covers framed in double gilt fillets surrounding gilt-stamped arabesques and the gilt-stamped coat of arms of Queen Isabella II of Spain; spine with gilt-stamped title and arabesques. Board edges and turn-ins gilt-stamped pink moiré endpapers all edges gilt.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Infante Duc de Montpensier sixth son of King Louis Philippe husband of the Infanta Maria Louisa Queen Isabella's sister with his bookplate. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Palau 236716. Binding as described above covers showing only very minor wear spine slightly faded. Front pastedown with bookplate described above. Pages gently age-toned a few showing mild foxing but most clean. Very attractive. La Viuda de Burgos unknown books
18413584Madrid: Boix 1841. Small folio. 4 vols. in 2. I: 6 ff. 335 1 blank pp. II: 1 f. 334 i.e. 332 pp. 1 index f. III: 1 f. 319 1 blank pp. 1 f. IV:1 f. 147 1 blank pp. 1 f.; 105 1 31 1 pp. all indices. <br><br>Handsome mid-19th century edition of the first comprehensive compilation of the laws of the Spanish Indies. Antonio Rodríguez de León Pinello compiled it by 1635 but it circulated only in manuscript until Fernando Jiménez de Paniagua brought it up to date and saw the result through the press in 1681. Prior to the publication of this massive work it was common practice for lawyers and courts in the various legal districts of the New World i.e. audiencias to compile in manuscript the laws in force in order that they might be used as precedents. Upon publication of this code the number of precedents did not as might have been expected decrease via "regularization" but instead increased: The courts continued to accept the cases and laws on point in the old local manuscript compilations and also those contained in the Recopilación! In sum this is a major work for all collections of international and Hispanic-specific law.<br>Â Â Â Â The first edition is very uncommon in today's marketplace meaning most scholars and collectors must settle for a later edition such as this fifth which has the happy advantage of being handsomely printed in double-column format. This copy is attractively bound as well. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Palau 137466; Sabin 68390. Victorian acid-stained sheep with gilt spines extra. Tape adhered to title-pages at inner margin; some other old repairs. Ownership signatures on title-page. All edges marbled. A nice set. Boix unknown books
181336362colophon: Cadiz: en la Imprenta Tormentaria á cargo de Juan Domingo Villegas 1813. 8vo 21.5 cm; 8.125". 2 281385 15 pp. fold. plts. numbered xxxix lxviii. <br><br>At the base of the title-page of this infantry manual is printed "Reimpreso por disposicion del . . . señor don Carlos Doyle teniente general de los reales exercitos." => That is Lt. Gen. Charles William Doyle 17701842 ordered this work to be printed.<br>Â Â Â Â Doyle was an Irish-born British lieutenant-colonel who in 1808 was ordered to Portugal to help fight Napoleon in the Peninsular Campaign. He very successfully aided the Spanish army in instilling discipline and organizing light infantry and was made a lieutenant general in the Spanish army. In 1811 Britain ordered him home but when he reached Cadiz Sir Henry Wellesley convinced him to command a camp at which a new army was being organized for action in the south of Spain. Again he was highly successful in his military instruction of new troops and as a result was promoted to full colonel in the British army; he remained in Spain till the end of the war in 1814.<br>Â Â Â Â The present work extracted from the larger one of the same title printed at Madrid by the Imprenta Real in 1808 was clearly printed for the instruction of Doyle's southern army.<br>Â Â Â Â At the rear of the volume are => 30 folding plates setting forth various dispositions and movements of infantry troops; clear careful verbal explanations of these precede them.<br>Â Â Â Â Searches of NUC WorldCat and the CCPBE locate => only three copies worldwide of which only one is in the U.S. West Point.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Contemporary signature of "Velez" on title-page. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in Palau. On Doyle see: DNB online. Dark brown speckled calf black gilt-lettered title-label a little chipped to gilt-ruled spine marbled endpapers; binding lightly rubbed. Age-toning and general light soiling occasionally a dog-ear or a spot all plates clean well-attached and whole at folds. => A very sound very good copy. en la Imprenta Tormentaria á cargo de Juan Domingo Villegas unknown books
1821WRCAM51825Guatemala 1821. 18pp. Small folio. Stitched. Ink stains and dust soiling on final leaf verso. Light foxing and dampstaining. Very good. A Guatemalan imprint of several decrees passed by the Spanish legislative assembly the Còrtes in 1820. The assembly existed for three years from 1820 to 1822 during the so-called Trienio Liberal when a military coup forced Ferdinand VII to institute a more liberal form of government. He eventually defeated those forces with the aid of the French and re-established an absolute monarchy. The decrees included here order pensions to be granted to those families who suffered for their adherence to the Constitution first promulgated in 1812 and offers amnesty to all those who were forced to emigrate from Spain because of their political views among other actions. The longest decree addresses enrollments in the Spanish navy and the provision of men for Spanish warships. The final leaf bears the printed signature of Gavino GaÃÂnza who at this point was the head of the Spanish provincial and military government in Guatemala but who later in 1821 would sign the Act of Independence of Central America and declare the country's independence from Spain. Rare not in Medina or OCLC. unknown books
181737583London: Printed by Thomas Davison Whitefriars for Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1817. First thus. xv 261 1; vii i 232 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in full contemporary brown polished calf spines rubbed brown binder's ticket on front pastedowns "Bound by Smith 49 Long Acre" in each volume; front joint of vol. I starting fixing to preliminaries else very good. First thus. xv 261 1; vii i 232 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Inscribed Twice. INSCRIBED on the first blank leaf of volume I "With the author's best regards March 1834 London" and on the title page of both volumes "To my dear Aunt Mrs. Moore E.V. Holland." Lady Holland's Aunt Mrs. Moore of NYC was Clement C. Moore's mother. <br/>The first volume containing the account of Lope de Vega's life and writings was first published in 1806; this is the first two volume edition and the first containing the treatment of Guillen de Castro. Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown unknown books
18155578En Palacio" i.e. Madrid 1 March 1815. Folio 29.8 cm 12.75" 4 pp. <br><br>The king aids a widow. On 11 February 1815 the king conceded Doña María Josefa d'Alouise widow of Don Juan Carlos Benavides the power to attempt recovery of 8356 reales and 6 maravides de velón of annual income from her late husband's entailed estate i.e. mayorazgo. He here expands his earlier decree and orders the current holder of the entail to give the said sum annually to her provided she does not remarry or take religious vows. Written in a very clear hand with the paper and wax seal below the king's signature wax desicated and paper loose but present. Two blank leaves at end. Very good condition. unknown books
1814WRCAM38083Mexico 1814. 3pp. Folio. Signed in print "Humana" with accompanying paraph "rúbrica" additional manuscript annotation on p.3. Contemporary manuscript docket inscription on verso of p.3. Old folds with short holes and tears with some paper loss not affecting text. Two small clean tears near old fold no loss of paper or text. Moderate soiling particularly at margins and central fold. A good copy. A Spanish legal document published in Mexico in 1814 reprinting an order issued by the Córtes in Cadiz in August 1813 concerning the ayuntamientos or city councils in the various provinces. Details are provided regarding the membership of these councils particularly the process of filling vacant positions. The original 1813 Cadiz decree addresses the issue of council membership both in the Iberian peninsula and in overseas holdings; this Mexican publication includes the printed date of April 1814 and the fifteenth day of that month is provided in manuscript. OCLC records a single copy at the Bancroft Library. OCLC 20403276. unknown books
1809WRCAM54392Westminster: Printed by R.G. Clarke at the Gazette Office 1809. 7pp. Folio. Dbd. Minor edge wear. Very good. A rare treaty that ended the Anglo-Spanish War and united the two countries against the invading French in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars. The text of the treaty is printed first in English then in Spanish. No copies of this imprint appear in OCLC with only two copies of the London Harrison imprint recorded at the Boston Athenaeum and Harvard. OCLC 83895716 ref. Printed by R.G. Clarke, at the Gazette Office unknown books
1820WRCAM46541Madrid 1820. 48pp. Stitched as issued. Minor soiling and wear. Very good. Dictionary of the Spanish Constitution designed to provide a deeper understanding of the legal phrases in the Constitution to lay people. The Spanish Constitution of 1812 only stood for two years before Ferdinand VII reinstated complete monarchical control. The Constitution was again put into place in 1820 when a coup forced Ferdinand VII to accept a more democratic form of government which ushered in the Trienio Liberal a period of three years of liberal rule in Spain. The anonymous author of this work styles himself simply as one who loves the constitution. Only one copy located in OCLC at the National Library of Spain. unknown books
1859221597London: Routledge Warnes and Routledge Farrington Street 1859. Reprint of 1855 first edition. Engraved portrait frontispieces facsimile map. 498; 551; x 391 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Bound in full tan polished calf gilt spine t.e.g. by Riviere. Very nice set minor rubbing. Reprint of 1855 first edition. Engraved portrait frontispieces facsimile map. 498; 551; x 391 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Routledge, Warnes and Routledge Farrington Street unknown books
1818WRCAM16438London 1818. 128pp. Folio. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Fine. An important agreement between Britain and Spain regarding the illicit slave trade. Britain herein agrees to pay £400000 as compensation for all losses sustained by Spaniards in the slave trade "on account of vessels captured previously to the exchange of the Ratifications of the present Treaty." Printed in English and Spanish. hardcover books
1860WRCAM10735Mexico 1860. 10pp. Quarto. Neatly dbd. Old fold slightly tanned but very good. This treaty finally resolved the questions Spain and Mexico had agreed to discuss under their 1836 treaty of peace which recognized the existence of Mexico. OCLC locates only two copies at the University of California Berkeley and Harvard Law School. Rare. OCLC 21826717. unknown books
189238902Madrid: La Real Academia de la Historia 1892. First edition. Imitation alligator cloth gilt title and rules on spine. A very good copy owner's bookplate and bookseller label on front paste-down. x 680 1 pp. 4to. By E. Saavedra Juan de la Rada y Delgado M. Menendez y Pelayo A.M. Fabié and C. Fernandez Duro. A bibliography of Christopher Columbus released on the 400th anniversary of his voyage to America. Palau 29308. Spain & Spanish America I: 4. La Real Academia de la Historia hardcover books
1810WRCAM38120Madrid 1810. Broadside 11 1/2 x 8 inches with blank conjugate leaf. Old folds. Nicolas MarÃÂa de Sierra's paraph "rúbrica" below his printed signature. Contemporary manuscript inscriptions above text "Illmõ Señor" and at bottom of page "Arzobispo y Cabildo de Charcas". Two spaces at end of printed text also accomplished in a contemporary hand. Moderate soiling printer's ink in text affecting some letters and in upper and lower margins. A good copy. A rare decree issued by the Spanish Córtes in the Real Isla de Leon on Dec. 2 1810 temporarily suspending the nominations of various ecclesiastical positions both on the peninsula and overseas due to financial reasons. The decree was to be distributed to tribunals judges governors and other civil military and ecclesiastical authorities who were responsible for ensuring that the information in the decree be properly publicized. This copy as noted in a contemporary hand was to be transmitted to the archbishop and cabildo of Charcas in South America. A rare Spanish decree concerning religious appointments and the financial situation of the government from the time of Ferdinand VII's absence from the thrown due to political intrigues related to the Peninsular War. Not in OCLC. unknown books
185434196Madrid: En la Imprenta Nacional 1854. First edition. Full tree calf spine decorated in gilt marbled endpapers. A very good copy spine worn at joints and ends gilt dulled occasional light scattered foxing bookplate of Alberto Parreno on the front pastedown. 584 pp.; 276 pp. 16mo. En la Imprenta Nacional unknown books
186034199Madrid: En la Imprenta Nacional 1860. First edition. Dark blue morocco paneled in blind spine and boards decorated in gilt all edges gilt marbled endpapers. Extremities scuffed and chipped boards rubbed else a very good copy bookplate of Alberto Parreno on the front pastedown gilt bright contents near fine. 630 pp.; 308 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w folding map 1 folding chart 2 engravings. 16mo. En la Imprenta Nacional hardcover books
186434203Madrid: En la Imprenta Nacional 1864. First edition. Dark red morocco paneled in blind spine and boards decorated in gilt all edges gilt marbled endpapers. Front joint split worn at spine ends and corners penciled owner's name on tissue guard faint dampstain to engraving mainly at margins leaves clean and bright bookplate of Alberto Parreno on the front pastedown overall still about very good. frontis 842 pp. Sm. 8vo. En la Imprenta Nacional hardcover books
185643505Madrid: Imprenta de A. Vincente 1856. First edition. Contemporary quarter red morocco over marbled boards spine with gilt titles and rules marbled endpapers. A very good copy boards rubbed worn at corners contents near fine but for an occasional fold. Approx. 500 pp. Folio. I.a época: Desde 24 de Setiembre de 1854 á 30 de Junio de 1855. IIa época: Desde 5 de setiembre de 1855 a 30 de junio de 1856. Successive imprints were: Imprenta de d. Felipe Saavedra & Imprenta de D. P. Argote. 112 issues most 4 pp. complete with 10 supplements often not all found. A stinging satirical Carlilst newspaper founded by Cándido Nocedal and published six times per month. The supplements running between 2 and 8 pages each contained numerous letters and articles in support of the paper. Palau 208455. Jaime del Burgo: BibliografÃa del siglo XIX: 731. Imprenta de A. Vincente hardcover books
184034201Madrid: En la Imprenta Nacional 1840. First edition. Brown morocco tooled in blind gilt titles marbled endpapers. A good copy front joint split boards scuffed front hinge starting inked marks on first and last blanks lacking folding chart at p240otherwise leaves clean bookplate of Alberto Parreno on the front pastedown. 268 pp.; 176 pp. Illus. with 2 b/w engravings. 24mo. En la Imprenta Nacional hardcover books
180325817Madrid: No publisher/printer 1803. Folio. 4 pp. last blank. <br><br>Clarification of an earlier royal decree concerning legal marriage age for "españoles" outside of Spain and who were not orphans was required and obtained from the courts. Now the king orders local officials in the Spanish Empire to obey and publish the original decree with its amendments.<br>Â Â Â Â Signed by the crown with a wooden stamp "Yo el Rey."<br>Â Â Â Â This copy sent to Santiago Chile and docketed there. Removed from a nonce volume. Clean and untattered. No publisher/printer unknown books
1808WRCAM51826Madrid 1808. Small sheet folded into a square 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches. A few small worm holes one larger at bottom left corner not affecting seal. Top portion of seal text obscured by residual wax. Good. Paper seal intended for use on Spanish government documents and letters by the King Ferdinand VII in 1808. This seal must date from the short period that Ferdinand was king in 1808 from March to May. His predecessor Charles IV had abdicated after a popular uprising and Napoléon forced Ferdinand to stand down after only two months. Ferdinand was kept prisoner in France until 1813 when he was eventually restored to the throne. He then ruled until 1833 during which time Spain lost most of its overseas colonial territories to local revolution. unknown books
185334200Madrid: En la Imprenta Nacional 1853. First edition. Cloth. A good copy lacking the front board large chip on spine contents sharp and very good. 560 pp.; 263 pp. 16mo. En la Imprenta Nacional hardcover books
1826308088London: Printed for James Duncan 1826. Folding map and 7 plates. 2 vols. 12mo. Quarter contemp. calf and marbled boards spine rubbed joints splitting but solid. Internally fine. Bookplate of Thomas Henry Graham. Folding map and 7 plates. 2 vols. 12mo. Duncan James Publisher. Printed for James Duncan unknown books
