Extremely rare first edition of the 'Prior', with chapters on wine and distillation

1. AGUSTIN, M. Llibre dels secrets de agricultura casa rustica y Pastoril. Barcelona, Estampa de Esteve Librerôs, 1617. Sm. folio. Modern doe-skin, spine ribbed and blind-tooled, double blind-tooled fillet borders on sides. Woodcut vignette on title, numerous woodcut borders & illustrations in text. € 26.500,-
Extremely rare first edition of this famous treatise on agriculture, medicinal plants, wood, grain, tobacco, hunting, fishing etc., written in Catalan and known under the name of 'Prior'.- Good copy.- (Few minor defects).- Palau I, 4122; Tolsada Picazo, Bibliografia Espa ñola de agricultura, p. 8; not in Pritzel, Vicaire, etc.

Spain in contemporary colour

2. BERGE, Pieter VANDEN. Theatrum Hispaniae.- Het aanmerkelykste en voortreffelykste in Spanjen.- El mas nombrado de todos en Espagna.- Theatre de l'Espagne. Amst., P. vanden Berge, (ca. 1700). Oblong folio. Red morocco. Engr. vignette on recto & verso of title, 60 full-page engr. plates, all contemp. handcoloured & heightened with gold. € 53.000,-
Extremely rare series of plates and spectacular views of all important cities and palaces in Spain and Portugal, engraved and published by Pieter vanden Berge.- Splendid copy.- Thieme-Becker III, p. 393.

Remarkable Spanish theoretical treatise on the liberal art of Spain

3. BUTRON, J. A. de. Discursos apologeticos, en que se defiende la ingenvidad del arte de la pintura. Madrid, L. Sanchez, 1626. 4to. 19th century marbled calf with decorated gilt spine, gilt fillets and border on sides. Richly illustrated engr. frontispiece in architectural setting with three coats of arms by J. Schorquens. € 5.830,-
Important treatise on the value and quality of the art of painting with interesting observations and remarks on the fine arts and the connection with the other liberal arts, composed in the form of 14 discourses.- Very good copy with pasted bookplates of J. Souris and J. Abaurre.- Palau 38161; Brunet, I, cols. 1430-1.

Spanish handbook on chronography

4. CHAVES, J. de. Chronographia o repertorio de tiempos, el mas copioso y precisso, que hasta ahora ha salido a luz. Sevilla, F. Diaz, 1584. 4to. 19th century vellum, gilt spine with red morocco label lettered in gold (DOMINGO V. FOLCH, Valencia). Title in red and black with woodcut portrait of Hieronymo Chaves, printer's device on verso of last leaf, many printed tables of the moon and sun positions, calendars, movable feasts etc., 2 full-page woodcuts of the star movements and a medical (zodiac) man, 7 half-page woodcuts of celestial bodies with their signs, 12 half-page woodcuts of zodiac signs, 7 half-page round woodcuts and 43 small round woodcuts of positions of the moon. € 13.250,-
Seventh edition of this important, lavishly illustrated and very popular work on the calendar, the movements of the sun, the planets and the moon, the feasts of the year and the signs of the Zodiac.- Good copy.- (Few minor defects).- Palau 17457 (67457?); Medina 282; Fr. Escudero y Perosso, Typogr. Hispalense, 733.

Spanish and Dutch voyages and discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean

5. DALRYMPLE, A. Voyages dans la mer du sud, par les Espagnols et les Hollandois. Paris, Saillant and Nyon & Pissot, 1774. 8vo. Contemp. mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments. Three folding maps of the South Pacific. € 10.000,-
First edition of this French translation and abridged version of An historical collection of the several voyages and discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean (London 1770-1771) by A. Dalrymple.- Good copy.- Sabin 18344; Chadenat 3184; Hill II, p. 392; Howgego I, pp. 293-4.

First Dutch translation of the principal source of information about the horrors of the recently introduced 'Spanish inquisition'

6. GONSALVIUS MONTANUS, R. [= CORRO, A. DEL (?)]. Der heyliger Hispanischer inquisitie, etlicke listighe secrete consten ende practijcken, ontdect ende int licht ghebracht. (Emden, W. Gailliart), 1569). 8vo. Contemp. vellum wrappers. Woodcut initials. € 15.900,-
Rare first edition of the first translation in Dutch of this propagandistic, highly critical and very influential book on the horrors of the Spanish inquisition, one of the issues of the so-called 'Black Legend'. Complete with the often lacking last leaf.- Good copy.- (Few minor defects).- Typ. Bat. 2124; Van der Wulp 201; Machiels G-397; not in VD16 or Tielke, Das Rätsel des Emder Buchdrucks.

Rare collection of moralistic 'minor texts', including an 'Aesopus moralisatus' in verses, printed in Granada

7. LIBRI MINORES et primum Catonis disticha moralia cum Antonii Nebrissensis annotationibus. Granada, (S. & S. de Nebrija), April-May 1545. 6 parts in one. 4to. Contemp. vellum. Titles of first and last work set in ornamental border. € 37.100,-
Rare collection of devotional, educational and moralistic 'minor texts' edited by Antonio de Nebrija, the greatest Spanish humanist of his generation. Contents: (1) Cato, Libellus qui inscribitur Cato; (2) De contemptu mundi, attributed to B. of Clairveaux; (3) Doctrina mensae by J. S. Verulanus; (4) Floretus, attributed to B. of Clairveaux; (5) Quinque clavium sapientiae attributed to A. Gutierrez; (6) Aesopus, Fabulae. Foeliciter incipiuntur by P. Aegidius.- Good copy with ms. notes and 'probationes pennae'; library stamp in margin of 2nd leaf.- (Few defects).- Palau 50365 (the first 10 lvs.), 81838; not in Adams, nor STC Spanish; NUC lists 2 copies.

Beautiful Spanish manuscript ship's journal

8. (MARTORELL Y ALSINA, M.). Diario de Navigacion. (On board of the ship San Quince y Santa Julita), 1785-1788. Folio. Contemp. overlapping vellum, traces of ties. Watercoloured frontispiece. € 17.500,-
Very well preserved manuscript ship's journal in Spanish by Miguel Martorell y Alsina, steersman of the San Quince y Santa Julita, sailing from Malaga to Montevideo, Uruguay, and back again.- Perfect copy.

The voyage for the discovery of the Magellan Straits

9. NODAL, B.G. & G. DE Relacion del viage, que por orden de su magestad y acuerdo de el real consejo de Indias. Cadiz, D. M. Espinosa de los Monteros, (1766 or 1769). 4to. Contemp. limp vellum. Engr. folding map of the Magellan Straits by D.M. de Rueda dated 1769. Bound with: (2) ECHELEVAR, D. M. DE. J.M.YJ. Instruccion exacta, y util de las derrotas, y navegaciones. Cadiz, en la Real imprenta de Marina, 1753. € 19.100,-
Second edition of the account of the voyage for the discovery of the Magellan Straits in the turn of the 16th and 17th century by the brothers B.G. and G. De Nodal, captains in the Spanish navy, also describing San Vicente and environments.- Good copy.- Howgego, Encycl. of exploration, N34 p.758. Ad 1:Sabin 55394 & 55395. Ad 2: Sabin 21770.

Manuscript documents on the Thirty Years War from the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps

10. THIRTY YEARS WAR. Collection of 49 documents in manuscript on the history of the Thirty Years War. Manuscript on paper in Latin, French and Italian. (Liège, ca. 1635). Folio. Contemp. limp vellum, gilt corner fleurons, centre pieces and fillets on front cover. € 13.250,-
Interesting collection of 49 manuscript documents on the history of the Thirty Years War, a.o. copied letters and articles of Louis XIII, Philippe IV, peace treatise etc., bound together in a luxury binding.- Good collection.- (Few minor defects). List of contents on request.

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