NEW & OLD
WORLD HISPANICA — Una miscelánea
NEW & OLD
WORLD 
Wind
Mills Mambrino's
Helmet Dulcinea &
All That
(A
Classic – THE Classic! – of Spanish Literature).
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. Primera parte del ingenioso hidalgo
don Qvixote de la Mancha. En Brucelas: Por Huberto Antonio, 1617. 8vo ( 16.8 cm;
6.625"). [8] ff., 583, [1] p., [3] ff.
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Provenance: Late 17th-century ownership inscription at top of title-page of “T. Engle”; 18th-century ownership inscription below that of “E. Ward”; on endpaper, “December, 1787,” with lines in French in an 18th-century hand.
• Rius 11; Peeters-Fontainas 227; Suñé Benages 15; Palau 51988. Contemporary limp vellum, soiled, ties perished; Don Quixote inked on spine, faded. Lacking one leaf of text, continuity supplied although not in facsimile from this edition (pp. 575–76). First and last gatherings guarded with strips of Renaissance vellum manuscript. (23423)
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Illustrated
Indigenous
Customs
& Dress
FIRST
Edition in ENGLISH
(A
Classic of Mexican History). Clavigero, Francesco
Saverio. The history of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexican
historians, from manuscripts, and ancient paintings of the Indians ... translated
from the original Italian, by Charles Cullen. London: Pr. for G.G.J. and J.
Robinson, 1787. 4to (28.5 cm, 11.2"). 2 vols. I: [2], xxxii, [4], 440, (441–44),
441–76 pp. (pagination skips v/vi, with text complete); 1 fold. map, 25
plts., 1 table. II: [4], 463, [1 (blank)] pp.; 1 fold. map, 1 plt.
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The
two
oversized, folding maps were engraved by T. Conder; a genealogical
chart in vol. I shows the descent of the Mexican kings from the 13th century,
while
numerous
engraved plates depict Mexican artifacts, costumes, activities, flora and
fauna, architecture, etc.
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Protecting theFamilies of the Condemned Abascal y Sousa, José Fernando. Broadside, begins: D. Jose Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, etc.. .. Por quanto se me ha comunicado por la Regencia del reyno el decreto de las Córtes generales y extraordinarias siguiente: ... Las Cortes generales y extraordinarias, atendiendo a que por el articulo 305 de la Constitucion .... Lima: no publisher/printer, 1813. Oblong folio (31.5 x 44 cm; 12.375" x 17.25"). 1 p.
Click the image for an enlargement. • Medina, Lima, 2875. Very good condition. Three small wormholes in each half of the sheet. (24508)
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Christian
ChronicleAdrichem, Christiaan van. Chronicon de Christiano Adricomio Delfo; traducido de latin en español por Don Lorenco Martinez de Marcilla. Madrid: En La Imprenta Imperial, 1679. Small 4to. π4 A–Z4 Aa–Pp4 Qq2; [4] ff., 284 (i.e., 286) pp., [11] ff.
translation into Spanish of Adrichem’s history of Biblical events to the year 109 a.d. An additional “Chronicon Breve” at the end of the volume gives a chronology from Adam and Eve to the year 1585.
Click either imageThe title is within a typographic border; text is printed in double-column format, in roman type.
• Palau 2864. 19th-century half sheep with marbled paper sides; binding shows wear. Lower margin of title-leaf and leaves of the preliminaries with minor worming; repaired with pasted-over paper. Some side- and shouldernotes shaved with loss. Sporadic soiling, not severe.
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Let's Play Doctor! —
Or, El Juego del Gato!“Aficionado,
Un.” Licito recreo casero, ó coleccion de cincuenta
juegos conocidos comunmente con el nombre de juegos de prendas.... México:
Oficina de Doña Maria Fernandez Jauregui, 1806. Small 8vo. 111, [1] pp.
Click any image where the hand appears onthe first Mexican edition of a work that was first printed in Spain in 1798. All told there are fifty games with good, easy to understand instructions on playing them. The compiler's object is to offer “entretenimiento para pasar divertidas las largas noches del Invierno.”
Very uncommon: We traceno copies of this to any U.S. library.
• Medina, Mexico, 9842. Sewn, in original marbled paper wrappers, lacking the rear one. Last few leaves with light waterstains and final page with light dust-soiling and a very few red ink spots.
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Watch
Your Language!Anonymous.
Espíritu del amante de la constitucion. [colophon: Mejico: Imprenta
de Ontiveros, 1820]. Small 4to (21cm; 8.25"). 11, [1 (blank)] pp.
Hard to find outside of California! All copies traced in the U.S. are in that state (Bancroft, Huntington, Sutro libraries).
• Not in Medina, Mexico. Garritz 3445; Steele 66; Sutro 125. Folded as issued; old stitching holes. A clean, crisp copy.
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A
RARE Poetic
Encomium
Anonymous. La opinion de un mexicano el dia 4 de marzo de 1813. Mexico: Oficina de D. Mariano Ontiveros, [1813] . 8vo. [8] ff.
Click either image• Medina, Mexico, 10842; Garritz, Impresos novohispanos, 1826; Sutro, Supplement, 125. Folded and never bound; uncut, unopened. Small hole in blank area of inner area of title-page and its conjugate. Faint stain. (21278)
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Election AdviceAnonymous. La voz del pueblo a los electores de partido y diputados para Cortes. [colophon: Mejico: Imprenta de D. Alejandro Valdez, 1820]. Small 4to (21 cm; 8.25"). 4 pp.
Uncommon: Via OCLC, RLIN, and NUC we trace only the copies at the Sutro and Bancroft libraries.
• Medina, Mexico, 11719; Sutro 148; Steele 81, 82; Garritz 4240. Folded as issued; a little dog-earing and some short tears in fore-margin. A very decent copy of a very uncommon pamphlet.
Extended MANUSCRIPT in an
UNCOMMON PHILIPPINE LANGUAGE Antonio Lobato de Santo Tomás. Manuscript in Ibanag on paper: “Quinque sermones in quinque precipuis festivitatibus B. Maria Virginis. Quibus accedunt sermo in feria quarta cinerumz et sermo in dominica 2o post octavam trinitatis. Per R. P. fray Antoniium Lobatao de Sto. Thomas. Tuguegarao, The Philippines: 1776–80. Small 4to. 196 pp.
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a large body of work set down in the Ibanag language, from the 18th century and as written/spoken by one of the seminal scholars of the language, should be obvious for anyone researching the language as understood by missionaries, as used by missionaries, as influenced by Spanish, and as held out by Spaniards of authority as the model of Ibanag speech to be emulated. Beyond this, of course, is the interest of the sermons themselves, letting us see what the Ibanaq speakers were hearing from their missionaries — or, at least, this missionary — in this place, in this period.
Provenance: A signature “Fr. Antonio Lobato de Sto. Thomas” appears at the bottom of the last page and is almost certainly that of the the friar himself, which would mean that this is his autograph manuscript of the sermons.
• Contemporary very stiff vellum. Binding gnawed by a rodent with loss. Written on a good quality European paper, with some soiling and an occasional stain. No faults are serious and overall this is a remarkably good survival for an 18th-century Philippines manuscript. Now housed in a blue cloth clamshell box. (23668)
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How It Is Done in Aragon Aragon (kingdom). Laws, statutes, etc. Decisiones sacri senatus regii regni Aragonum, et curiae domini iustitiae aragonum. Venetiis: Apud Juntas, 1612. Folio extra (33.5 cm; 13"). [36], 154 ff.
This is Sesse's reports of the decisiones of the Aragonese senate as to civil law, marriage, wills, criminal matters, succession, and much more. Vols. II, III, and IV followed between 1615 and 1627.
The Giunta printer's device is on the title-page; this is printed in double-column format with a sprinkling of woodcut initials.
Provenance: Charles Spencer, Third Earl of Sunderland (lot 3840 in the Sunderland Library sale [1882]). In the collection of a theological institute; deaccessioned.
• Not in Palau. Contemporary vellum over paste boards, spine tooled in gilt and a nice gilt-stamped title-label; double fillets to form spine compartments, each compartment with a gilt floral center device. Pressure-stamp on title-page, old shelf-label on spine, pencilled note that this was “Sund. 3840.” A very nice copy. (23014)
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Troublesome Deserters(Army Discipline). Manuscript documents. On paper, in Spanish. Nueva Guatemala, 1778–91. Folio. [16] ff. 
• Very good condition. Sewn.
Spanish
City of GodAugustinus, Aurelius, Saint.
La ciudad de Dios. Amberes: Geronymo Verdussen, 1676. Folio. [4] ff., 582 pp., [1] f. 
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Provenance: Ownership inscription on front pastedown of Juan de Porras, dated Madrid, 1687; and another on the title-page of José de Quitana y Azevedo, an Audiencia judge, dated Santafé de Bogotá, 1732. Bookplate of a 20th-century American collector who lived for a while in Bogotá — pictured.
• Palau 28935; Peeters-Fontainas, Bibliographie des impressions espagnoles des Pays-Bas Méridionaux, 72. Contemporary limp vellum with remnants of button and loop closures. Title on spine in old ink; raised bands and remnants of a paper spine-label. Interior waterstaining and many pages dog-eared; half-title and title-page missing pieces, not affecting any text. Library stamp on title-page partially eradicated; charming old (20th-century) private bookplate inside front cover. (20850)
Naked, Foul-Mouthed, Skirt-ChasingAMERICAN TARS Ayllon, Cecilio. Autograph Letter Signed, to “The Commodore of the forces of the United States of America in these waters” (our translation), i.e., David Porter. In Spanish, on paper. Matanzas, Cuba: 3 May 1824. Folio (30.5 cm; 12.125"). 2.25 pp., with integral address leaf.
Click the image for an enlargement. The marquesa asks, and the governor demands, that something be done to stop this behavior.
The naval forces were under the command of Commodore David Porter and were in those waters to fight piracy.
• Very good condition. Written in a clear hand. (24648)
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