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1735ST15797London: Printed for G. Hawkins and sold by T. Cooper 1735. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 750 COPIES. 263 x 207 mm. 10 1/4 x 8 1/8". 6 p.l. 106 pp. 1 leaf errata. <br/> SUPERB OLIVE GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front turn-in cover with lettered central panel surrounded by four onlaid sections of darker green morocco outer frame of leafy vines emanating from the tips of the fan-palm-shaped cornerpieces each of these compartments with a blind-stamped leaping stag on a stippled gold ground raised bands spine with gilt-ruled compartments gilt titling gilt-ruled turn-ins all edges gilt. In a somewhat worn fleece-lined burgundy buckram chemise and marbled paper slipcase. Engraved allegorical frontispiece featuring Diana and Apollo by Scotin after Gravelot. Front pastedown with morocco ex-libris of Alfred Barmore Maclay. Foxon S-562; Hayward 158; Rothschild 1932; Schwerdt II 166. ◆Leather on spine uniformly sunned to olive brown as expected with green morocco text perhaps lightly washed and pressed in keeping with bibliophilic fashion at the time of binding occasional faint marginal smudges otherwise fine internally and in a very lustrous binding with no signs of wear.<br/> <br/> This is the first edition of the most popular work by Somerville 1675-1742 a mock-heroic poem about hunting in an apt and very striking binding by a renowned English workshop. Divided into four books of Miltonic blank verse "The Chace" is considered to be one of the finest didactic poems of the first half of the 18th century. The text covers hounds and their kennels along with the hunting of hare fox and otter and there are digressions that bring in methods of the chase in exotic localities. Most of the hunts described are accompanied by dogs and set in England past or present but the poet occasionally strays far afield to describe lion stalking or the hunting habits of Genghis Khan. According to Schwerdt the book was "highly approved of by the first literary characters of his day." The extraordinarily handsome binding by Riviere incorporates the hunting motif with four stags appearing to chase one another around the covers. Riviere is one of the foremost names in English binding partly because the firm did consistently fine work and partly because it was so long in business. Robert Riviere began as a bookseller and binder in Bath in 1829 then set up shop as a binder in London in 1840; in 1881 he took his grandson Percival Calkin into partnership at which time the firm became known as Riviere & Son and the bindery continued to do business until 1939. Our volume comes from the library of Alfred Barmore Mackay 1871-1944 who after a very brief career at his family's bank devoted himself to collecting books art and antiques engaging in equestrian sports and designing a sumptuous garden at his Florida estate now a state park. Printed for G. Hawkins, and sold by T. Cooper unknown
1749117993La Haye et Francfort et Mayence : chez FranÂois Varrentrapp 1749 - 1750. 160x105mm. 160 141 pages - 1 ff. bandeaux culs-de-lampe reliure de lՎpoque veau marbrÂŽ avec piÂce de titre filets ornementations et fleurons dorÂŽs au dos ˆ cinq faux-nerfs trois nerfs garde papier marbrÂŽ. Coiffe supÂŽrieure frottÂŽe. 230 chez FranÂois Varrentrapp unknown
176656940Amsterdam Marc-Michel Rey 1766. Small 8vo. Contemp. full mottled calf. Richly gilt spine. IV20723 pp. Without the map. Clean faint marginal brownspots. <br/><br/><em>The contemt of this volume which is volume II of Gerhard F. Müller's. "Voyages et Découvertes faites par les Russes le long des Côtes de la Mer glaciale & sur l'Océan oriental. is wholly devoted to the description of the Amur River and its borderlines as extracted and translated from Nicolaus Witsen's work "Sur la Tartarie Septentrionale & Orientale" Noord en Oost Tartarye Ofte Bondig Ontwerp Van eenig dier Landen en Volken. Amsterdam 1692."In the nineteenth century Russian historians and ethnographers discovered that Witsen had used many Russian sources that had since been lost and they praised Noord en Oost Tartarye ‘as the most remarkable book about Asiatic Russia ever written by a foreigner.’ During the Soviet period Witsen was seen as scholar who had ‘opened up a new era in the study of Siberia.’ Nowadays he is respectfully mentioned on many local Russian websites as the first to have reported on their town province nationality or language."huygens.knaw.n. </em> unknown
176656940Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1766. Small 8vo. Contemp. full mottled calf. Richly gilt spine. IV,207,(23) pp. Without the map. Clean, faint marginal brownspots.
1735D6963Venice: ex Typographia Balleoniana 1735. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio 375 x 240mm. xxiv 572pp. 4 208pp. Title in red and black with ornamental device of the muses. Diagrams interspersed numerous ornamental initials and head-and tail-pieces. Preface by Jacopo Grando. Contemporary vellum lacking plate joints splitting intermittent foxing. Ownership inscription A. Docinelli A. M. D. 1864 on title and also Di Giorgio Bonelli da Mondovi. P.P. Pictorial wood-engraved ex-libris by Leo Wyatt for Lord Norwich on pastedown. <br/><br/>Complete medical works of Rivière. The complete medical works of Lazare Rivière 1589-1655 professor at Montpellier consists of the Institutiones medicae together with the Praxeos medicae and an additional 17 parts on the head the sense organs the teeth the thorax and abdomen the joints womens illnesses and fevers. Also included are 400 observations by the author approximately 250 communicated to him by fellow physicians and finally the Arcana a collection of secrets giving the chemical formulae for a large number of preparations together with their medicinal properties. At the end separately paginated is added a treatise on the symptoms cause and cure of respiratory problems by Fabrizio Bartoletti 1586-1630. Rivière was the first to introduce the therapy of using metallic compounds internally known as the spagiric or paracelsian-specific method and the first to note aortic constriction. Rivières work was instrumental in the French Renaissance of medicine. ex Typographia Balleoniana hardcover books
1735D6963Venice: ex Typographia Balleoniana 1735. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio 375 x 240mm. xxiv 572pp. 4 208pp. Title in red and black with ornamental device of the muses. Diagrams interspersed numerous ornamental initials and head-and tail-pieces. Preface by Jacopo Grando. Contemporary vellum lacking plate joints splitting intermittent foxing. Ownership inscription A. Docinelli A. M. D. 1864 on title and also Di Giorgio Bonelli da Mondovi. P.P. Pictorial wood-engraved ex-libris by Leo Wyatt for Lord Norwich on pastedown. <br/><br/>Complete medical works of Rivière. The complete medical works of Lazare Rivière 1589-1655 professor at Montpellier consists of the Institutiones medicae together with the Praxeos medicae and an additional 17 parts on the head the sense organs the teeth the thorax and abdomen the joints womens illnesses and fevers. Also included are 400 observations by the author approximately 250 communicated to him by fellow physicians and finally the Arcana a collection of secrets giving the chemical formulae for a large number of preparations together with their medicinal properties. At the end separately paginated is added a treatise on the symptoms cause and cure of respiratory problems by Fabrizio Bartoletti 1586-1630. Rivière was the first to introduce the therapy of using metallic compounds internally known as the spagiric or paracelsian-specific method and the first to note aortic constriction. Rivières work was instrumental in the French Renaissance of medicine. ex Typographia Balleoniana hardcover
1752155351752. A CythÂre chez Cupidon / Librairie des Amours 1752. Deux parties reliÂŽes en un volume au format in-12 171 x 96 mm de 1 f. bl. et 208 pp. ; 238 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliure postÂŽrieure XIXÂme de demi-maroquin fauve ˆ coins double filet ˆ froid portÂŽs sur les plats dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets gras ˆ froid filet dorÂŽ sur les nerfs doubles caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs fleurons dorÂŽs semis d'ÂŽtoiles dorÂŽes piÂce de titre de maroquin vieux-rouge titre dorÂŽ palette dorÂŽe en queue toutes tranches dorÂŽes. Belz-NiÂŽdrÂŽe. Edition originale complÂte de ses deux parties ici reliÂŽes en un volume. Exemplaire sous dÂŽlicate reliure de demi-maroquin signÂŽe de Belz-NiÂŽdrÂŽe. ''NiÂŽdrÂŽe fut l'un des meilleurs ÂŽlÂves de Thouvenin et succÂŽda ˆ Muller''. in Ramsden. ''Nous arriv‰mes et fžmes frappÂŽs d'un spectacle ravissant. L'”le ÂŽtait jonchÂŽe de fleurs les plaisirs les jeux fol‰tres se mÂlaient aux FÂtes de CythÂre. On ne voyait que danses et courses lÂŽgÂres ; l'air retentissait de chants amoureux le haut-bois la flžte la vieile formaient partout des concerts enchanteurs en cÂŽlÂŽbration de l'amour et des plaisirs de deux amants que VÂŽnus a uni aujourd'hui''. Millin VI Journal des Sciences des Lettres et des Arts 25 - Gay VI Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs ˆ l'amour aux femmes . p. 441 - Luzarche Catalogue des livres rares curieux et singuliers 3316 - Registrum Librorum Eroticorum I 1228 - Ramsden French bookbinders p. 147. Feuillets de prÂŽface ici absents. Angles ÂŽlimÂŽs. TrÂs lÂŽgers frottements affectant la coiffe supÂŽrieure. Nonobstant trÂs belle condition. Rare. b42961 unknown
175215535A Cythère, chez Cupidon / Librairie des Amours, 1752. Deux parties reliées en un volume au format in-12 (171 x 96 mm) de 1 f. bl. et 208 pp. ; 238 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliure postérieure (XIXème) de demi-maroquin fauve à coins, double filet à froid portés sur les plats, dos à nerfs orné de filets gras à froid, filet doré sur les nerfs, doubles caissons d'encadrement dorés, fleurons dorés, semis d'étoiles dorées, pièce de titre de maroquin vieux-rouge, titre doré, palette dorée en queue, toutes tranches dorées. (Belz-Niédrée).
17679980A Londres, chez Jean Nourse; et se trouve à Paris, chez Desaint, 1767. 1 vol. in-4 de (4)-VII-(1)-511 pp., veau marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
176742108A Londres, chez Jean Nourse ; et se trouve à Paris, chez Desaint, 1767. In-4 (289 x 220 mm) de (2)-VII-(1)-511 pp., veau fauve marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque).
179243499A Paris, chez Buisson, 1795 (1792). 2 vol. in-8 de (4)-LXXI-334 pp. 1 f.n.ch. ; (4)-496 pp. 1 f.n.ch. (les deux feuillets d'errata ont reliés à la fin du 2e vol.), demi-basane brune à petits coins, dos lisses ornés de filets dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison en veau citron (reliure de l'époque).
1710252472London: John Morphew 1710. Second edition of vol. I first edition of vol. II. Frontispiece in vol. I. ii vi 246; xvi 380 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary panelled calf vol. I rebacked preserving most of original black morocco label corners repaired hinges strengthened. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown. Vol. II with later spine label binding rubbed. Second edition of vol. I first edition of vol. II. Frontispiece in vol. I. ii vi 246; xvi 380 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This famous attack scandalized virtually every member of the Whig Party and led to Mrs. Manley's arrest. A friend and collaborator of Swift's she succeeded him as editor of The Examiner and exercised some influence on Defoe. ESTC N47961; ESTC T106837 John Morphew unknown
1794ABC_47826Paraguay and/or Brazil 1794. 34 x 22 cm. Stitched through 2 single holes only one remains intact. Written in brown ink in a very legible late 18th-century cursive. 1 1 blank 12 2 blank pp. A contemporary unpublished and unrecorded Portuguese manuscript describing the Paraguay River and the lands rivers and territories adjoining including the location of former Jesuit Missions. It is written within the context of the Portuguese-Spanish dispute over the frontier between Portuguese Brazil and the Spanish colonies and focuses in particular on the upper reaches of the river which at that time still remained relatively unknown. The Portuguese under the governorship of Luis de Albuquerque 1739-97 had recently in 1778 established the towns of Albuquerque today Corumbá Laredo Villa María today Cáceres Casalvasco and Salinas. These new establishments and their locations on the Paraguay River are mentioned here. The terms of the 1777 Treaty of San Ildefonso between Portugal and Spain directed that a Portuguese-Spanish delegation be sent to the Paraguay River region to determine a definitive border between the territories. The Spanish delegation arrived in 1781 under the command of the military officer and naturalist Félix Manuel de Azara 1746-1821 and waited in Asunción in Paraguay for the Portuguese. The latter in the end never arrived but the Spanish delegation remained in the region until the 1790s Azara until 1801 exploring and measuring the region as well as handling the ongoing disagreements with the Portuguese over the demarcation. This Portuguese description of the River Paraguay is undoubtedly connected to these ventures though whether it is a contemporary translation into Portuguese of a Spanish survey or a survey of the river carried out by the Portuguese themselves is uncertain. It is however the only known copy of an unpublished description of the River Paraguay and it describes in detail the little-known upper regions of the Paraguay River.With a crossed-out annotation on the title-page the title-page and the last blank leaf are somewhat water stained. The paper is otherwise uniformly toned and showing some occasional foxing the edges of the leaves are somewhat frayed slightly affecting the text at the head of each page. Overall in good condition. unknown
1711ST20182London: W. Lewis 1711. FIRST EDITION First Issue. 280 x 152 mm. 8 1/8 x 6". 1 p.l. 43 1 pp. <br/> VERY PRETTY DARK GREEN CRUSHED MOROCCO ELABORATELY GILT IN PERIOD STYLE BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with double frames formed of floral sprigs drawer handles and other small tools the frames enclosing an elegant central wreath; raised bands spine panels densely gilt with stippling floral tools radiating from small central flower gilt lettering turn-ins densely gilt with scrolling foliate tools all edges gilt. With an attractive woodcut headpiece and tailpiece; one foliated woodcut initial. Front pastedown with the bookplate of Winston Henry Hagen and book label of William A. Strutz. Griffith 2; Rothschild 1564; Foxon P806; Day "History of English Literature 1600-1837" pp. 73-4. Sheets uniformly a little toned because carefully washed the usual offsetting on facing flyleaves from turn-ins but a very pleasing copy--the text without signs of use and the exceptionally pretty binding lustrous and virtually unworn.<br/> <br/> This first printing of Alexander Pope’s first independent publication called by Day "one of the most quoted poems in English" offers a sumptuous binding in the style of the period retains its scarce original half-title and boasts an impressive provenance. Pope 1688-1744 composed "An Essay on Criticism" early in his career possibly when he was just 18. In this poem which introduced several expressions now common in the lexicon including "to err is human; to forgive divine" and "fools rush in where angels fear to tread" Pope provides his philosophy on what makes good criticism and by extension good poetry. Of it Day writes: "no one can claim originality for the content of 'Essay on Criticism' but all must admit the incomparable mastery of verse and language." This copy retains the half-title which is often missing primarily because it was often used as part of the volume's wrappers. Our copy does lack the final leaf of ads as almost always with copies of this edition. The strikingly attractive binding done in an elaborately gilt style reminiscent of a Roger Payne design is the work of Riviere one of the foremost names among English binderies. Our copy has belonged to two notable collectors. According to Dickinson Hagen 1859-1918 was a collector whose library especially strong in English literature "reflected a highly developed intelligent connoisseurship." Beverly Chew wrote in the foreword to the catalogue for the Hagen sale at Anderson Galleries 13 May 1918 that the library which featured high spots bought at the Lefferts and Poor sales "was one of the best ever submitted to the public at auction." William A. Strutz 1934-2024 was a North Dakota attorney and passionate bibliophile who assembled a library of over 15000 rare and important literary works. Our first printing of "Essay on Criticism" is not easy to find in the attractive condition seen here. W. Lewis unknown
175828615saint-herblain 1758 1 document original de 12 pages brochées, manuscrites à l'encre brune sur papier vergé crème, ligné et filigrané, cachet fiscal gravé et historié en noir en haut de page : "BRETAGNE - UN SOL - 4 DENIERS", format : 25 x 19 cm. AVEU RENDU COMME VASSAL DE LOUIS DE COUTANCE CHEVALIER SEIGNEUR DE LA CELLE (SELLE), LA BOUVARDIERE (SAINT-HERBLAIN), LE VIGNAUD, LA HAUTE INDRE PAR MR PIERRE SAVARY, MAITRE MONNAYEUR A LA MONNAIE DE NANTES, MAITRE PESCHEUR EN LA RIVIERE LOIRE ET MARIE FRANCOISE PRIN, SA FEMME, FAIT A SAINT-HERBLAIN, LE 31 MARS 1787, signatures manuscrites de : ANTOINE BORGNET NOTAIRE PROCUREUR GENERAL ET SPECIAL DE SAINT-HERBLAIN et DUBOIS NOTAIRE ROYAL A SAINT-HERBLAIN,
177125420CEZY 1771 un document, manuscrit à l'encre brune, de 4 pages, sur parchemin velin, format : 29 x 21,5 cm, velin avec 2 timbre fiscaux fixe en noir : "Généralité de Paris - AC. D. N. 20 SOLS ", signature manuscrite : E. COURTILLIER NOTAIRE A CEZY (YONNE), LE 22 NOVEMBRE 1771,
177125460CEZY 1771 un document, manuscrit à l'encre brune, de 4 pages, sur parchemin velin, format : 29 x 21,5 cm, velin avec 1 timbre fiscal fixe en noir : "Généralité de Paris - AC. D. N. 23 SOLS 4 DENIERS " , signature manuscrite : E. COURTILLIER NOTAIRE A CÉZY (YONNE), FAIT A CÉSY, LE 12 NOVEMBRE 1771,
178328731nantes 1783 1 document manuscrit à l'encre brune sur papier vergé crème filigrané de 4 pages, format : 24 centimètres de haut sur 18 centimètres de large, cachet fiscal en haut de la 1ère page en noir : " BRETAGNE - 1 sol 4 deniers", signatures manuscrites in-fine : Me MARTIN et Me CORMORAIS NOTAIRES DES COURS ET JURIDICTIONS DU MARQUISAT DU BOIS DE LA MUSSE (CHANTENAY) DE LA CHATELLENIE DE COUERON ET JURIDICTION DE SESMAISONS AU DIT LIEU DE LA SALLE EN SAINT-HERBLAIN + André BERNIER, MAISON NOBLE DE LA RIVIERE, PAROISSE DE COUERON .......... TRANS PORT ET PRISE DE POSSESSION PAR ANDRE BERNIER MARCHAND DEMEURANT A LA MAISON NOBLE DE LA RIVIERE, PAROISSE DE COUERON, DES HERITAGES PAR LUI ACQUITS DE DAME RENEE HARDOUINEAU, VEUVE DE NOBLE HOMME JAN BERNARD SITUES DANS LE PRE DU PLANTY PAROISSE DE SAINT-HERBLAIN POUR LA SOMME DE SIX CENT VINGT CINQ LIVRES, LE 7 SEPTEMBRE 1728,
171234981London 1712. 16pp. Trimmed close minor toning. Good. Disbound.<br/> <br/> An anonymous political work that has been attributed over the centuries to both Jonathan Swift and Mary de la Rivière Manley. Most sources identify Manley as the author; she was an English author and pamphleteer who was famous for presenting political screeds disguised as romances or satire. A rare pamphlet either in institutions or the market.<br/> <br/> ESTC N45508. unknown
179267002Ouvrage contenant des détails intéressans sur leurs principales Institutions Civiles, Religieuses et Politiques ; sur leurs divers Systèmes et leurs Moeurs, tant publiques que privées ; détail auxquels a été ajouté un Manuel Politique de cette Nation, 2 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-basane marron, Chez Buisson, A Paris, Chez Bruysset, frères, A Lyon, 1792, 2 ff., frontispice, lxxj-334 pp. et 1 f. n. ch. (avis de l'imprimeur avec errata) ; 2 ff., 496 pp. et 1 f. n. ch. (errata)
1787564831 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque pleine basane marbrée, dos lisse orné : Instruction sur les Assemblées Nationales, tant générales que particulières, depuis le commencement de la Monarchie, jusqu'à nos jours ; Avec le détail du cérémonial, observé dans celle d'aujourd'hui, Chez Royez, Paris, 1787, VIII-182 pp. [ Avec : ] Essai historique et Politique sur les Assemblées Nationales du Royaume de France, depuis la Fondation de la Monarchie jusqu'à nos jours, Chez Petit, A Londres et se trouve à Paris, 1787, 2 ff., 76 pp. [ Avec : ] Procès-Verbal de ce qui s'est passé à l'Assemblée des Notables, tenue au palais des Tuileries, en l'année 1626, sous le règne de Louis XIII. Extrait du Mercure François de la même année, Suivi de la Harangue du Roi Henri IV, à l'Assemblée qu'il convoqua à Rouen en l'année 1596, A l'Imprimerie Polytipe, Paris, 1787, 1 f. (faux-titre), 92 pp. [ Avec : ] Liste des Notables qui ont assisté aux Assemblées tenues en 1596, 1626 & 1627, précédées du Tableau Chronologique de toutes les Assemblées Nationales, Convoquées depuis l'an 422 jusqu'à l'année 1627, A l'Imprimerie Polytipe, Paris, 1787, 23 pp. [ Avec : ] Essais sur les Maximes et Loix Fondamentales de la Monarchie Françoise , ou Canevas d'un code constitutionnel, pour servir de suite à l'ouvrage intitulé Les Voeux d'un François. Par le même Auteur, Chez Madame Vallat-la-Chapelle, Paris, chez Vieillard, Versailles, 1789, xxiv-96 pp. [ Par Pierre-Paul Le Mercier de La Rivière ] [ Avec : ] Les Voeux d'un François, ou Considérations sur les principaux objets dont le Roi et la Nation vont s'occuper, Chez Madame Vallat-la-Chapelle, Paris, chez Vieillard, Versailles, 1788, 3 ff., V-135 pp. [ Par Pierre-Paul Le Mercier de La Rivière ]
1741s336.007GB: James Hodges 1741. ENGLISH TEXT. 272 pages. No halftitle Blank opposite title page trimmed 30mm at top. Clean tight text. Armorial of John Ward. Full leather is sound but worn. Gold on burgundy title lablel. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . Hardback. VG-/No DW. James Hodges Hardcover
17504284Genève, Barillot et Fils, 1750. In-4 de XXIV-363p., pleine basane brune. Dos à nerfs orné de filets et fleurons dorés.
177148726Madrid: por D. Joachin Ibarra 1771. Small folio pp. 4 lvi 143 1; engraved vignette title page; bound with: Jordán de Assó y del RÃÂo Ignacio & Miguel Manuel y RodrÃÂguez El ordenamiento de leyes que D. Alfonso XI hizo en las Cortes de Alcalá de Henares el año de mil trescientos y quarenta y ocho. PublÃÂcanlo con notas. Madrid: Ibarra 1774 pp. 2 xxxiv 158 2; woodcut vignette on title page tail-pieces; decorative initial. Laws statutes etc. of the Kingdom of Castile in Spain. Miguel Manuel y RodrÃÂguez of Seville was one of the great historians of Spain in the 18th century and he was also the first librarian of the Colegio Imperial de Madrid. Together with Dr. Ignacio Jordán de Asso y Rio a Spanish historian jurist and naturalist who was also known under the pseudonym Melchor de Azagra they published these two works dedicated to Spanish law: the first on the Charter Viejo de Castilla; and the second El Ordenamiento de Leyes in which they deal with the system of laws that Don Alfonso XI made ;;in the courts of Alcala de Henares in the year 1348 here published with notes and an accounting of the Kingdom of Castile. Palau 18725 and 18726 respectively. Lasala 287 and 345 respectively. <br/><br/> por D. Joachin Ibarra unknown books
177148726Madrid: por D. Joachin Ibarra 1771. Small folio pp. 4 lvi 143 1; engraved vignette title page; bound with: Jordán de Assó y del Río Ignacio & Miguel Manuel y Rodríguez El ordenamiento de leyes que D. Alfonso XI hizo en las Cortes de Alcalá de Henares el año de mil trescientos y quarenta y ocho. Publícanlo con notas. Madrid: Ibarra 1774 pp. 2 xxxiv 158 2; woodcut vignette on title page tail-pieces; decorative initial. Laws statutes etc. of the Kingdom of Castile in Spain. Miguel Manuel y Rodríguez of Seville was one of the great historians of Spain in the 18th century and he was also the first librarian of the Colegio Imperial de Madrid. Together with Dr. Ignacio Jordán de Asso y Rio a Spanish historian jurist and naturalist who was also known under the pseudonym Melchor de Azagra they published these two works dedicated to Spanish law: the first on the Charter Viejo de Castilla; and the second El Ordenamiento de Leyes in which they deal with the system of laws that Don Alfonso XI made in the courts of Alcala de Henares in the year 1348 here published with notes and an accounting of the Kingdom of Castile. Palau 18725 and 18726 respectively. Lasala 287 and 345 respectively. por D. Joachin Ibarra unknown
