Beschreibung
MARIANA, Juan de. Historia General de España. Madrid, Luis Sanchez, 1623 & Madrid, Juan de la Cuesta, 1616.2 volumes in small folio. [121]f + 768p; 179 + [1 blank]p. Text in 2 columns. Woodcut arms of Spain on titles; first title in red and black. Contemporary limp vellum, marbled edges; worn. Early impressions of the author's Spanish version of his great history of Iberia up to the year 1516, modelled on Livy and Tacitus ('Historiae de rebus hispaniae', first published: Toledo, 1592). This Spanish translation, revised and enlarged from the original Latin, has long been considered a Spanish literary classic. The edition of 1623 served as the basis for the Royal Academy edition of 1780. Juan de Mariana (1535-1624), a Jesuit since 1554, studied at Alcala, taught theology in Rome, Paris, and Palermo, and devoted his later years to historical studies in Toledo. Volume I comprises a detailed account of the gradual reconquest of Spain from the Arabs, and includes chapters on Raymund Lull (pp722-24), and the suppression of the Order of the Knights Templar (pp737-40); volume II treats the wars between the Christian successor states, the Aragonese conquest of Naples, and the fall of Granada (pp493-98); it includes chapters on the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1488 (pp498-501), the discovery of America (pp502-6), and the Portuguese navigations and conquest of the East Indies by Vasco da Gama (pp528-37). Top margins shaved by binder, first quire of volume I with light marginal waterstaining; isolated worming in tailend margins of first quires of volume II, some staining in blank margins, occasional light browning, but generally a reasonably sound set. Vol.I: Alden & Landis 623/71; Backer V, 549; Palau 151669 (wrong collation); Sabin 44546 (note); vol.II: not in Palau, who lists a variant issue with a different collation (151668). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5139
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Bibliografische Details
Titel: Historia General de España.
Verlag: Madrid, Luis Sanchez, 1623 & Madrid, Juan de la Cuesta, 1616.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1623
Einband: Soft cover
Zustand: Fair
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
