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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
1940101718Barcelona : S. N. 1940 1940. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 1 pages; Description; 1 v. pág. Var. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Seguros de vida -- Espana -- 1936-1939. [Barcelona? : S. N. , 1940?] hardcover
16812474Madrid: Por Julian de Paredes 1681. Second revised and enlarged edition. In contemporary limp vellum. Engraved device on title page. Woodcut initials throughout and a tailpiece at end of each part. Tinted edges. Stains on binding string missing panels with small damage at the outer edge. Tinted title on spine rubbed. 19th-century shelfmark on the inner front panel in ink. Contemporary notes and sings to the margins throughout the first part. Old restoration with paper tape to a few pages in the first part. Otherwise in very good condition. Second revised and enlarged edition. In contemporary limp vellum. 206 14 p. <p><p><br /> Revised and enlarged second edition of these substantial bodies of law relating to the New World and the treatment of Native Americans an important volume on the Administrative History of the Indies.<br /> <p><p><br /> One of the most important volumes of the administrative history of the Indies a fundamental collection of laws and ordinances decreed by the Council of the Indies the supreme governing body of Spain’s colonies in America during the reign of Philip IV. <br /> <p>The first part Ordenanzas del Consejo Real de las Indias contains 245 ordinances of the Council of the Indies pp. 3–112; first published in 1636 the second part Autos acuerdos y decretos de govierno del Conseio Real y supremo de las Indias embodies an additional 190 ordinances concerning for the most part the administration of Spanish America pp. 113–206 plus 14 p. of index; first published in 1658.<br /> <p><p><br /> Any editions of these bodies of law are extremely scarce on the market RHB lists only 2 copies of the present edition within the last 70 years. <br /> Sabin 57477. Por Julian de Paredes unknown
1797List2522New Orleans 1797. Three pages of a bifolium 8 x 9 ½ inches New Orleans; May 31 1797. Fair only with moisture damage and some text illegible. Fair. An interesting document from the period following the Treaty of San Lorenzo and before the eventual surrender of Natchez to the Americans in 1798 in which the governor of Louisiana and West Florida Francisco Luis Hector de Carondelet issues a statement regarding the delayed withdrawal of Spanish troops from the region. Carondelet is concerned with the British presence in the area and notes that it is a violation of “the treaty concluded with Spain†- or Pinckney’s Treaty which opened up navigation rights of the Mississippi to the United States. The letter describes the possibility of escalating hostilities between the United States Great Britain and Spain as a result of an impending American mission against the Illinois the motives of which Carondelet questions as he notes that “These hostile dispositions can naturally only concern these provinces because the U.S. are in peace with all the savages…†He raises the possibility of British invasion of Louisiana and potential danger to the city of New Orleans and states that the Spanish will maintain their presence at Natchez and Walnut Hills unless the American soldiers withdraw. This is a copy of Carondelet’s speech in the hand of Lieutenant Piercy Smith Pope and we find no other record of it. A full transcription follows:<br /> <br /> “The Government being informed by his Majesty’s Ambassador to the U.S. that an expedition assembled on the lakes was intended to attack the Illinois has judged necessary for the surety and tranquility of Lower Louisiana to suspend the evacuation of the posts of Natchez & the Walnut Hills being the posts that cover it; the possession of which will put the English in a situation to disturb and ravage the country in case they rendered themselves masters of upper Louisiana with so much more facility as by an article of the treaty concluded posteriously with Great Britain the U.S. acknowledge that the English may freely navigate and frequent the posts belonging to the said States; situated on the river in general lakes &c being a manifest contradiction to the treaty concluded with Spain which it appears. because by this the U.S. acknowledge that no other nation can navigate upon the Mississippi without the consent of Spain.<br /> <br /> . the legitimacy of these motives the .presented to the Congress of the U.S. with all the necessary veracity and intimated by our orders in the Commissary of Limits as well as to the Commandant of the Detachment of American troops now at Natchez. We are now informed that a detachment of the army of the U.S. cantoned on the Ohio are on their way by Holstein towards Natchez while the Militia of Cumberland are intimated to hold themselves ready to march at the first notice.<br /> <br /> These hostile dispositions can naturally only concern these provinces because the U.S. are in peace with all the savages the anterior menaces of the Commissary of Limits & the Commandant of the detachment of Americans now at Natchez; the immediate rupture & if the American Gazettes are to be believed already effected between France our intimate ally and the U.S. engage us to be on our guard to defend our property with that valor & energy which the inhabitants of these Provinces have manifested on all occasions with the advantage and superiority which a knowledge of our local situation will procure and that confidence which right and justice inspires. If the Congress of the U.S. had no hostile intention against these provinces they will either leave the post of Natchez or Walnut Hills the only bulwarks of Lower Louisiana that can stop the courses of the English or that they give us security against the article of the Treaty with Great Britain which exposes lower Louisiana to be pillaged and destroyed down to the Capitol. We will then deliver up the said posts and lay down our arms which they have forced us to take up by arming their Militia in time of peace and sending a considerable body of troops by round about ways to surprise us.<br /> <br /> New Orleans 31st May 1797 <br /> <br /> A copy of the Baron de Carondelet’s Proclamation. <br /> P. Popeâ€<br /> <br /> Overall a document of significance in United States / Spanish relations in the period following Pinckney’s Treaty worthy of further study for scholars of the diplomatic history of the period. unknown
9706Circa 1912. All ten slides bound in 8 cm glass squares with the black and white images themselves in good condition and unfaded. The slides apparently from a newspaper library all carry the shelf-mark 'T46' and all but three are captioned in manuscript. Evocative and instructive images apparently all dating from the Edwardian period. Captions of 'Protestant College Madrid; Toledo Cathedral; La Feria Seville; Gandia Market; Hendaye; and the Patio de Los Leones Alhambra Granada. [Circa 1912.] unknown
19920055921992 Special expedition souvenir cover with Nepal R.3 stamp postmarked Chhetrapati 29 May 1986. Signed by nine team members. The mountain was summitted 15th May '92. A near fine copy. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. unknown
19920055931992 Special expedition souvenir cover with Nepal R.3 stamp postmarked Kathmandu 18 Oct 1992. Signed by four team members. Leader Pedro Tous Roldan. The mountain was summitted three times on 28 Aug 1 Sept & 3 Sept 1992. A near fine copy. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. unknown
1992006385Kathmandu 1992 Souvenir postcard of Mt Cho Oyu with Nepal R.6 stamp postmarked Kathmandu 22 Feb 1993. Signed by the entire team including Manual Gonzalez Diaz Fernando Guerra Luis Arbues Jose Manuel Morales Marianne Danielle & Manolo Salazar A near fine copy. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. unknown
1991006388Kathmandu 1991 Souvenir postcard of the Annapurna Himal with Nepal R 1.80 stamp postmarked Kathmandu 31 Oct 1991. Signed by the entire team including Felix Criado Alonso Manuel Gonzalo Foez Luis Solla Covelo & Chus Lago. A near fine copy. This card required some detective work to identify as it carries no identifiers is postmarked with the Star Himalayan Challenge Cachet as was typical at that time the signatures are virtually illegible and as is customary with the Spanish each member used several different names. However The Himalayan Database proved invaluable yet again and the card can be identified with this particular expedition with a fair degree of certainty Exped ID ANN1-913-03. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. unknown
1992006383Kathmandu 1992 Special expedition souvenir cover with Nepal R.5 stamp postmarked Kathmandu 11 Nov 1992. Signed by five team members including three summiteers Carlos Bravo Diego Fernandez and Manuel de la Matta. A near fine copy. Signed by the Expedition Team. First Edition. unknown
18212758Spain: s.n 1821. First edition. Unbound as published. Signed at the end undecipherable. With date 1821 29. de Enero and summary note on the first page by a contemporary hand in ink. Folded once. Small closed tears at the gutter. Sporadic foxing. In fine condition. First edition. Unbound as published. 4 p. A scarce royal decree on the creation and definition of the office of the General Superintendency in the Spanish Viceroyalties in the Americas.<br /> During the dusk of the Spanish Empire a bulk of administrative reforms were introduced trying to avoid the disintegration of the overseas territories especially in the Americas. By the present royal instruction Fernando VII introduced the office of the Superintendencies in the Viceroyalties of New Spain Peru New Granada and Buenos Aires the RÃo de la Plata and detailed the duties of the position in fifteen articles. <p><br /> <br /> “Y ellà también el de 29 de enero de 1811sic! impreso que contiene una Instrucción en 15 ArtÃculos para los nuevos Superintendentes que por la misma fuerza de los principios liberales quedaban privados de todo conocimiento en los asuntos contenciosos de Real Hacienda lo cual era también aplicable a la Junta Superior y del Vice-Patronato que tampoco tendrÃan los Intendentes porque lógicaÂmente pasaba a los Gobenadores polÃticos. Por supuesto estaba abolido el Fuero de Hacienda y se les cortaba casi totalmente cualquier inicitiva para reformar el sistema. De 3 y 4 de noviembre de 1820 datan las propuestas para la separación de la Superintendencia …. El Real Decreto de 29 de enero de 1821 pasó a las Cortes en 7 de marzo siendo aprobado en 7 de abril ….†Navarro GarcÃa 1959 p. 147 note 61; text reproduced: pp. 221–6<p><br /> <br /> Scarce we could trace only one copy in Spain at the Biblioteca Lázaro Galdiano IB 11662-50.<br /> Literature: Navarro GarcÃa L.: Intendencias en Indias. Sevilla: Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos. 1959. [s.n] unknown
18152757Spain 1815. First edition. Unbound as published. Dated on the top of the first page and numbered at the lower left corner in ink by a contemporary hand. Printed on Santiago Serra’s paper: watermark of an ornamented Maltese cross and the word “Capelladesâ€. In fine condition. First edition. Unbound as published. 4 p. <p><br /> Royal order concerning the establishment and finance of schools in Indian communities in South America for the teaching of the Castilian language.<br /> This 1815 Royal order is a reinforcement and partly a reprint of a previous ordinance concerning the establishment of schools for teaching the Spanish language in the pueblos de Indios January 28 1778 and a supplement November 5 1782 which — as a response to the appeal of the Corregidor de la Provincia de Paria — permits to finance these schools and provide the salary of the teachers by newly imposed taxes on the local indigenous communities. <p><br /> <br /> Apparently not all the desirable schools were established by 1815 and in a response to another appeal this time by Tadeo JoaquÃn Gárate Cañizares’ 1774–1827 a former Deputy of the Cortes Generales y Extraordinarias in Puno viceroyalty of Peru Charles III’s earlier order and the encouragement of the taxation were repeated and reinforced by Ferdinand VII.<p><br /> <p><br /> <br /> Scarce WorldCat locates only 2 copies worldwide UC Berkeley Libraries; Harvard University. unknown
19202465<p>8-1/4 x 11 inches. 60pp recto only. Burgundy cloth photo album with gilt title and ornament stamped to spine brown paper leaves reinforced with cloth at the gutter. 55 b&w photographs 6 cyanotypes 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches each; holograph text in verse in Spanish. All but two photos are pasted in one per page; two additional photographs are laid in one a duplicate possibly removed from another album and one on a loose leaf of black construction paper and seemingly unrelated to the text. Light wear to spine ends and corners; front hinge gently split; light dampstaining to edge of front endpaper; text of one page smeared from contact with moisture although there is no damp-staining and the text is still readable.</p><p>An original proto-fotonovella relating in dramatic fashion the tale of four young couples who fall in love despite opposition from their guardians -- who it turns out are themselves a pair of star-crossed lovers who fell in love during an unnamed 19th-century war in the United States presumably the Civil War. Their tales are told through detailed staged photographs of amateur actors paired with occasionally rather clumsy verse.</p><p>The story begins with four sisters -- Betty Jilly Molly and Nelly -- who live with their stern spinster aunt Miss Arabella Arrowrock in a palatial home in New York City. The sisters are romantically involved with four brothers -- Dick Fred John and Jack -- who are under the care of their uncle Florentin Williamson. Although the brothers are supposed to be immersed in their studies they are much more interested in romance and sneak out to meet their beloveds standing on the girls' windowsills to woo them under cover of night. However they are spotted by a maid Judith who immediately reports to Miss Arrowrock that "instead of being asleep each one of the girls is at their window making love with strange men." </p><p>The young women and men get in serious trouble with their respective guardians and Arrowrock and Williamson forbid their charges from seeing their as-yet-unknown lovers again threatening to disown them if they disobey. Arrowrock and Williamson who are friends then meet and resolve to marry of their charges quickly not realizing that they are already intimately acquainted with each other. Neither the sisters nor the brothers know who the others' guardian is and the sisters hatch a plan to scare off their suitors through grotesque makeup and outlandish outfits. The brothers are disgusted but the sisters recognize them at once and all four couples secretly resume their relationships believing they are capable of duping their elders.</p><p>Naturally Arrowrock and Williamson overhear them gloating about their successful charade and are furious. Arrowrock sits on a bench to recover herself and Williamson approaches and recounts the story of how they met in their youth. An extended flashback scene follows set during what this cataloguer presumes is meant to be the American Civil War although that is never explicitly stated. Arrowrock like many daughters of the aristocracy worked as a nurse in a hospital tending to the war wounded and Williamson who was a soldier then was sent to the hospital to recover from being wounded. As Arrowrock nurses Williamson back to health he develops strong romantic feelings for her but never dares to tell her; even on their last night together when they both attend a ball at the close of the war Williamson can't work up the courage to confess his love.</p><p>Back in the present the nieces and nephews have been eavesdropping. They convince Arrowrock and Williamson to marry and let them marry each other since it was they who brought their aunt and uncle back together to make their feelings known. All five couples are then married simultaneously in a mass ceremony and the nieces leave home presumably to live with their new husbands; Arrowrock and Williamson remain in the former's palatial home.</p><p>The story's emphasis on finding true love is strongly reminiscent of the fotonovelas rosas pink photonovels or fotonovelas suaves smooth photonovels that were popular in the Spanish-speaking world in the mid-20th century albeit without some of the tropes of those later creations. Photonovels as we know them today emerged in Italy in the late 1940s and the present album presents as a sort of prototype of the photonovel resembling its content and use of visual narrative. It also has an extremely high production value for being homemade: the night scenes are presented in cyanotypes; indoor scenese that take place at night show electric lights switched on; and their are numerous costume changes and multiple extras.</p><p>A cast photo and list at the beginning reveals that many of the actors were related. That the fact that this album is likely unique or at least one of a very limited quantity and the photo laid in at the rear which seems to be of a real wedding between two older people in 1922 suggests that this may have been a keepsake or even a wedding gift. Moreover the album's final lines read "Y adios amigo lecter: esta historia . que ahora empieza / para ti ya termino." "Farewell dear reader: this story . which has now begun has for you now ended."</p> hardcover
19191710050013Madrid : D. Miguel De Burgos 1919. Hardcover. Good. Folio. vi 396 pp. Contemporary tree calf gilt ruled spine red leather spine label. Rubbing starting to front joint. Minor toning occasional soiling to margins. Ordinances for the former University of Bilbao in Spain. Madrid : D. Miguel De Burgos hardcover
173932845London: Printed for H. Goreham 1739. Wraps. Very good. Stitched untrimmed wraps. 63 pages. iv 63 pages 1 page blank. The author defends the British policy against Spain to those who are sympathetic to Spain. Contents discusses interference with American trade and makes reference to the Negro population. <br /> <br /> Sabin 72044. Printed for H. Goreham unknown
173932844London: Printed for T. Cooper 1739. Wraps. Very good. Disbound stitched trimmed wraps. 65 pages 2 ages 1 page blank. Light toning. Contents in good condition.<br /> <br /> The author discusses the friction between Spain and Britain due to the seizure of British ships near Spanish Coasts in America calling Spanish trials a "Mockery of Justice". The freedom of Navigation was guaranteed with the treaty of Spain and "is of absolute Necessity in the Course of our Voyage to and from our Plantations in America." The last two pages titled "Postscript" provides the latest Spanish violations "since I wrote my letter."<br /> <br /> Sabin 42889 "Denies the right of Spain to search American ships. Printed for T. Cooper unknown
173932846London: Printed for T. Cooper 1739. Wraps. Good. Disbound stitched trimmed wraps. Approx. 7.5" x 4.75". 30 pages. Author not listed. Light toning to the front cover. <br /> <br /> The writer defends England's treaty with Spain. He replies to George Lyttleton who opposed the treaty due to Spain's capture of British ships in America. The writer states "There are many instances of robbery and barbarity on both sides.but none of these instances can justify a National War Printed for T. Cooper unknown
174832847London: Printed for M. Cooper 1748. Third Edition. Wraps. Good. Disbound wraps. 8" 5". Half title page 55 pages. Folding chart in back is the last content. No blank rear wrap. Half title page partially loose. Trimmed wraps. Contents cover much of England's War debt; America and West India trade treaty with Spain etc. <br /> <br /> Sabin 90620 First Second editions. Printed for M. Cooper unknown
18463472Madrid 1846. Good. Single leaf. Small tears along edges small stains from ink bleeding through both sides bookseller subject inscription "America" noted at top left corner of recto slight water damage along right edge vertical fold in middle of leaf clearly town torn out of a larger gathering. THE ORDER OF CALATRAVA IS A MILITARY AND CISTERCIAN RELIGIOUS ORDER ESTABLISHED IN THE 12TH CENTURY IN THE KINGDOM OF CASTILLE. Its primary purpose was to protect the town of Calatrava. The order was eventually secularized in 1855 and is now solely an honorific institution. <br /> <br /> The present document is a handwritten copy of a notification from Dona Isabel II Queen of Spain regarding a habit i.e. the granting of admission into the Order of the Knights of Calatrava on behalf of Don Pedro Regalado Pedroso y Pedroso. The letter is addressed to Don Esteban Hurtado de Mendoza who had been named by the Tribune of Military Orders to occupy said position.<br /> <br /> DON PEDRO REGALADO PEDROSO Y PEDROSO 1832-1878 descended from an extremely wealthy Havana family; he was accepted as a Novice into the Order in 1849 and as of 1862 he was still a novice Las Ordenes Militares de Santiago Calatrava Alcantara y Montesa Madrid 1862 p. 444 and the same work 1891 edition p. 63. He was Prefect Comendador of the Order of Carlos III. His great residence at Calle Obrapia No. 55 Havana is named after him and is known as the Hotel El Comendador and is one of the jewels of Old Town.<br /> <br /> PARTIAL TRANSLATION:<br /> <br /> "Dona Isabel II by the grace of God and the constitution of the Spanish monarchy queen of Spain perpetual administrator of the Order of the Knights of Calavera by apostolic authority to you Don Domingo Olaraval or Don Esteban Hurtado de Mendoza knights of Santiago who have been named by the master tribunal by imperial commission to the order to that which . will be mentioned know this: that Don Pedro Regalado Pedroso y Pedroso citizen of the city of Havana has found favor in our Royal Person with the grace of a habit or position in the Order of Calatrava etc. <br /> <br /> CATALOGUER'S NOTE: As always we are grateful to Joseph Adams for his translation prowess! unknown
178444155Madrid: En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta 1784. First edition. Contemporary mottled calf compartments decorated in gilt red morocco spine label titled in gilt sewn in green silk ribbon marbled endpapers. A very good copy head band worn with a small chip and a tiny split at the joint owner's bookplate and booksellers engraved plate on front pastedown contents quite bright and clean. 104 91 135 144 4 74 pp. 4to. Five volumes bound in one. Parts 1 2 3 set in condensed type; parts 4 and 5 in expanded type. <br /> <br /> Royal decrees from Charles III and instructions decisions and regulations issued by the Consejo en el Extraordinario and its president the Conde de Aranda and others--concerning the expulsion of the Jesuits. "These collections contain the documents relative to the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Spanish dominions and the confiscation of their property including the names of the colleges and houses of the order the application of the confiscated property &c. A complete series consists of five parts which are rarely found together. Our collation is of parts I. to III. only" Sabin 14304. Part 4 p. 75-127 contains the papal brief "Dominus ac Redemptor" by Clement XIV in Latin and Spanish. <br /> <br /> Earlier versions containing parts or all of the first three sections are not all that uncommon but those containing all five parts remain relatively rare. Other than this copy only two others have appeared in the auction records of ABPC and RBH since 1953 the first at the John B. Stetson sale at Parke Bernet and the second at Bonhams in a modern binding and dampstained. Palau 56516. See Sabin 14304. Medina BHA: IV 4228. En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta unknown
182745152Barcelona: Juan Francisco Piferrer 1827. Nueva Edicion. Two volumes bound in one; small 12mo 15cm.; full contemporary sheep marbled endpapers; xvi150; 2xv1156pp. Boards a bit scuffed with some brief peeling of leather corners bumped else Very Good internally fine. Contemporary owner's brief ink and pencil notes to final leaf of text and rear free endpaper. Includes recipes for dyes stains inks lacquers varnishes stain removers perfumes toothpaste and drinks and liqueurs. Juan Francisco Piferrer unknown
195462115Peoria IL: Caterpillar Tractor Co. 1954. 8vo. 67 3 pp. Decorations on title green-tinted photo plates throughout. Brown publisher’s cloth gilt lettering & decoration front cover slight shelfwear still VG copy w/ former ownership markings on title. First edition of this photo-illustrated homage to the past and present presidents of the Pacific Logging Congress beginning with Edward P. Blake who held the office 1909-1913 up to Ray A. Gould in 1954. Many of the photographs were supplied by The Timberman International Lumber Journal based out of Portland OR. Caterpillar Tractor Co., hardcover
1557649ED93VJP3OThe Hague and Brussels 1557. Folio 36 x 25.5 cm. Manuscript mortgage agreement signed by King Philips representatives written in brown ink on parchment in a nearly upright cursive gothic hand with about 36 lines per page in a text block measuring about 25.5 x 18 cm. With a typescript transcription of the main text in red and an interlinear translation in Spanish in black by Prof. Dr. Edgard Verheyden. 2 blank 9 1 blank pp. Original mortgage agreement in Dutch in which King Philip II of Spain who had sovereignty over the Low Countries and held the title Count of Holland grants Jan Hanneman the rights to the tithes from his lands of Voorburg and Voorschoten. Philip had succeeded to the Spanish crown the year before on the abdication of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the present elegantly written text explains that he and the Spanish Government wish to ameliorate their "very large and excessive debts" it later speaks of 300000 guilders which would be 50000 Flemish pounds resulting from years of war the building and maintenance of many fortifications and the salaries of the troops so the King wishes to mortgage or sell some of his royal domains and the rights to tithes that go with them. Efforts in 1556 had not yielded enough. Spain was later able to finance the wars with treasures from the colonies most famously transported in the annual silver fleet beginning in 1566 but here a decade earlier the King was desperate for funds.Formerly folded. In very good condition but with the sewing recent and rather loose. A primary source for Spain's financial state in 1557 and for the history of Voorburg and Voorschoten. unknown
171812727Madrid 1718. 3pp. on a folded folio sheet. Minor toning and creasing. Very good. An interesting pair of communications from Spain to colonial Mexico involving debts owed by local religious orders in the Yucatan and how to enforce collection of said debts. The transcripts of these letters were sent to the Spanish administrator at Yucatan by Father Joseph Sanz the Commissary General for New Spain. Here Sanz instructs the Provincial to identify which orders within the Yucatan owe money payable to the estate of the "Duquesa de Medina las torres" a title within Spanish peerage since 1625. In the second letter which begins on page two Father Sanz orders the local Commissary General to make sure that his orders to the Provincial are duly carried out. An instructive instance documenting the regular practice by Spanish authorities in extracting wealth from local Mexican subjects to send back to the gentry in Spain. unknown
1572RF 1076<p><strong>Royal Provision of Phillip II Confirming and Ratifying the Privileges Granted by the Masters of the Order of Santiago to the Village of Corral de Almaguer Toledo 1572</strong></p><p>Manuscript. Small folio. 12 1/4 x 8 1/4". 8 double-sided vellum manuscript leaves originally bound together now unbound hand painted and decorated in blue red and gilt at various points throughout the text. The first page is hand-painted and decorated along the edge and includes a large decorative initial in multiple colors. Manuscript text in gothic style. Signed "Yo el Rey" on the back of the final leaf by King Phillip II of Spain in 1572.</p><p>ATTRACTIVELY ILLUMINATED EARLY MANUSCRIPT. JUDAICA INTEREST. Our manuscript contains the 4 confirmed provisions originally drafted by Infante Henry Duke of Aragon 1421 and 1440 Alonso de Cárdenas here listed as "Alfoso" sic in 1480 and then "The Catholic Kings" in 1494 all of whom at various times served as "Grand Masters of the Order of Santiago". The provisions were instigated against the Jewish communities of the villages of Corral de Almaguer and Ocana in Toledo province. Residents of the towns affiliated with the Order of Santiago repeately complained throughout the 15th and 16th centuries to the the authorities of that order of that the Jews and later conversos had bought land from Christians and had not paid any taxes on their purchases. Ultimately the Jews of Corral de Almaguer were ordered to pay comparable taxes to the Christians for said property but the Jews of Ocana were excepted because of their previous payments of other taxes. Given the fact that this manuscript copy dates from 1572 and was signed and reconfirmed by King Phillip II so long after the expulsion of 1492 shows there were still clearly tensions and persecution of local conversos even long after the communities had converted to Catholicism.</p><p>The top left margin on the front of the first leaf contains a handwritten note in ink stating in Spanish "It consists of this-privilege that Juan Collado was a secretary of the Order of Santiago in the year 1480". There are a few additional scant marginal notes in ink throughout and additional handwritten notes and signatures some indecipherable on the verso of the final leaf under the King's signature.</p><p>This document provide a fascinating and invaluable resource to those studying the history of Jews in Spain during the 15th and 16th centuries.</p><p>Text in Spanish.</p> hardcover
