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NEW & OLD
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A Military Manual for Troops Serving under a BRITISH OFFICER in the Peninsular Campaign
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED
Spain. Army. Reglamento para el exercicio y maniobras de la infantería. De las evoluciones de línea. [colophon: Cadiz: en la Imprenta Tormentaria á cargo de Juan Domingo Villegas, 1813]. 8vo (21.5 cm; 8.125"). [2], 281–385, 15 pp., fold. plts. numbered xxxix –lxviii.
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That is, Lt. Gen. Charles William Doyle (1770–1842) ordered this work to be printed. 
At the rear of the volume are
30 folding plates setting forth various dispositions and movements of infantry troops; clear, careful, verbal explanations of these precede them.
Searches of NUC, WorldCat, and the CCPBE locate
only three copies worldwide (all in Spain).
Provenance: Contemporary signature of “Velez” on title-page.
• Not in Palau. On Doyle, see: DNB online. Dark brown speckled calf, black gilt-lettered title-label (a little chipped) to gilt-ruled spine, marbled endpapers; binding lightly rubbed. Age-toning and general light soiling, occasionally a dog-ear or a spot, all plates clean, well-attached, and whole at folds. 
A very sound, very good copy. (36362)
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Manual forCavalry, Dragoons, & Light HorseSpain. Army. Reglamento y ordenanza de S.M. para el exercicio, evoluciones, y maniobras de la cavalleria, y dragones montados de sus exercitos, y otros puntos relativos al servicio de estos cuerpos. Madrid: En la Imprenta de Pedro Marin, [1774]. Small 8vo (15 cm; 6"). [4 (including initial blank)] ff., 182 pp.
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only two copies of this octavo edition worldwide, in the national libraries of Spain and Chile.
• Not in Palau, but see 255857 for the quarto edition. Contemporary mottled sheep with gilt spine extra and marbled endpapers; spine chipped, binding lightly abraded. Front hinge (inside) open; text block firmly attached to binding. Some very light waterstaining and one short marginal note; a nice, clean copy. (36365)
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The Inquisition — “Si” or “No”?Spain. Cortes (1810-1813). Discusion del proyecto de decreto sobre el tribunal de la Inquisicion. Cadiz: En la Imprenta Nacional, 1813. 4to (20.5 cm; 8.25"). [4] ff., 694 pp., [1 (blank)] f., lacks frontis.
Click the images for enlargements. By the middle of the 18th century the Inquisition's power had waned and its role in daily life was confined almost exclusively to the censorship of books and attempting to control the spread of new ideas. During the French domination of Spain and the puppet reign of Joseph Bonaparte (1808–12), the Inquisition was abolished. The Cortes in 1813 debated reestablishing it and in the end decided not to.
• Palau 74471. Contemporary quarter speckled leather with gilt tooling on spine, marbled paper over boards on sides; front joint (outside) abraded and binding overall showing age, fading, and some use. As usual, lacking the frontispiece. Scattered light foxing. A good++ copy. (30901)
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Spain Aims for“the REVERSE of What England Attempts”Spain. Sovereigns, etc, 1700–1746 (Philip V). Cotejo de la conducta de S. M. con la de el Rey britanico, assi en lo acaecido antes de la convencion de 14. de enero de este anno de 1739. como en lo obrado despues, hasta la publicacion de represalias, y declaracion de guerra .... His Catholick Majesty's conduct compared with that of His Britannick Majesty, as well with regard, to what happened before the convention of the 14th of January of this year 1739, as to what has been done since; untill [sic] the publication of reprisals and declaration of war. Printed by authority at Madrid by Antonio Marin. London: Printed for T. Cooper ... R. Amey ... and A. Dodd, [1739]. 8vo (19.9 cm, 7.75"). 63, [1] pp.
Click the images for enlargements.Following a dual-language title-page and a half-title in English, the text is printed in Spanish and English on opposite facing pages.
• ESTC N27944; Sabin 17026 & 62442; Alden & Landis 739/83; Goldsmiths 7696; Kress 4426. Removed from a nonce volume; light age-toning with a handful of creased or chipped corners, a small pencilled note, an inked numeral, a small dot of stain, and a small marginal hole (possibly a paper flaw). (38090)
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END of the War of the Austrian Succession — Easing Wartime Taxes Spain. Sovereigns, 1746–59 (Ferdinand VI). Decree. Begins, “No esperè a se concluyesse la Paz, y estrituyesse el Exercito a Espana ...”. Buen Retiro: No publisher/printer, 1749. Small folio (29 cm; 11.5"). [2] ff. (last p. blank).
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Dated in text 2 December, this would surely have been a most welcome Christmas present!
• Removed from a binding with sewing holes in inner margins. Date of decree in ink at top of first page. Very good. (34853)
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We
Are SERIOUS, Here!
Spain. Sovereigns, 1759–1788 (Charles III). Real cedula...por la qual, en consequencia de los que dispone la ley 62. titl. 18. lib. 6. de la Recopilacion, se manda cortar el abuso de la inobervancia que ha tenido hasta aqui, y que se guarde, y cumplay aora en la parte en que prohibe la introduccion en estos reynos de toda especie de vestidos, ropas interiores, y exteriores.... Madrid: Pedro Marin, 1779. Folio. [4] ff.
Click the image for an enlargement. • Removed from a bound volume; a few wormholes. (24392)
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Encouraging Local IndustrySpain. Sovereigns, 1759–1788 (Charles III). Real cedula de su magestad de 14. de diciembre de 1784. concediendo por punto general la libertad de que sin distincion de personas, se puedan fabricar todo genero de tegidos de lino, y cañamo en los terminos que se propone. Vich: Juan Dorca y Morera, 1785. Folio. [4] ff., [1 (blank)] f. 
Click the images for enlargements. • Modern half vellum over burgundy cloth sides. Contemporary inked notation at top right corner of title-page. Very good. (21056)
Dyers & Loomers areEngaged in Essential Services!
Spain. Sovereigns, 1759–1788 (Charles III). Real cedula...por la qual se manda por via de declaracion general, á beneficio de las manufacturas, que se guarde á los maestros tintoreros.... Madrid: Pedro Marin, 1775. Folio. [3] ff.
• Lightly in later wrappers; small ownership stamp eradicated from title-page. A very good exemplar. (24386)
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Protecting Cotton Growers Spain. Sovereigns, 1759–1788 (Charles III). Begins: “Ambrosio Funes de Villapando ... Por quanto hemos recibido una Real Pragmàtica-Sancion de su Magestad en fuerza de Ley ... por la qual se prohibe la introduccion, y uso en estos Reynos de los Tegidos de Algodòn, ò con mezcla de èl, de Fàbrica Estraña....” Barcelona: 1771. Folio. [4] ff.
Click the images for enlargements.• Half vellum with brown cloth sides by Brugalla. Very good copy. (20392)
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Protecting theSpanish Fashion Industry Spain. Sovereigns, 1759–1788 (Charles III). Real cedula...por la qual se prohibe general y absolutamente la introduccion en estos reynos, y señoríos, de gorros, guantes, calcetas, fajas, y otras manufacturas de lino, cañamo, lana, y algodon, redecillas de todos generos, hio de coser ordinario...y concede à los comerciantes en estos generos un año de termino para el despacho de los ya introducidos en estos reynos.... Madrid: Pedro Marin, 1778. Folio. [6] ff.
Click the image for an enlargement. • Disbound, with a bit of pinhole worming not affecting text; lightly laid into later wrappers. (24388)
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Earn Your Keep!
Spain. Sovereigns, etc., 1788–1808 (Charles IV). [begins] El rey. Debiendo aplicar por todos los medios posibles mi paternal amor y cuidado a mis vasalos ... He vendio por mi real decreto de veinte y tres de diciembre del ano proximo pasado en mandar ... [in manuscript: Madrid: 21 February] 1789. Folio (30.5 cm; 12"). [3] pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. Searches of NUC and WorldCat findno copies.
• Not in Medina, BHA. Folded as issued; lower margin irregular with mild damp damage. (33489)
War
with England / Free
Trade in
American Corn
& Wheat
Spain. Laws, statutes, etc. Real provision de su magestad, y señores del consejo, por la que se declara que el comercio de granos ultramarinos debe quedar libre.... Zaragoza: Imprenta Real, 1771. Folio. [4] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. • Palau 239456ii. Half vellum with caramel cloth sides by Brugalla. Excellent copy. (20394)
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Wills & Inheritance — Religious Groups & Their MembersSpain. Sovereign (1788–1808, Charles IV). Broadside. Begins: “Miguel la Grua y Talamanca y Branciforte ... Con fecha en San Lorenzo á 29 de Noviembre de ano proximo pasado se ha servido S. M. ... expedir la real cédula del tenor siguiente....” [Mexico City: No publisher/printer], 1797. Folio (43 cm; 17"). [1] f.
Click the image for an enlargement. This is amplification of the “Nuevo Codigo de Leyes” and the “Pragmática Sanción” of 6 July 1792, andWorldCat locates only one copy worldwide.
• Not in Medina, Mexico. One fold horizontally across center; a few creases and edges just a bit irregular. Very good condition. (27950)
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Sumptuary Standards — Barcelona Edition Spain. Sovereigns, 1788–1808 (Charles IV). Real cedula...por la cual se manda observar los dispuesto en las de trece de abril de mil setecientos noventa, y diez de agosto de mil ochocientos y dos, que tratan de la reforma de galones y adornos en las libreas.... Barcelona: Juan Francisco Piferrer, 1804. Folio. [4] ff.
Click the image for an enlargement. • Folded and never sewn; as issued. (24389)
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The KEYSTONE of Hispanic-American Colonial LawHANDSOME Edition Spain. Laws, statutes, etc. Recopilacion de leyes de los reinos de las Indias. Madrid: Boix, 1841. Small folio. 4 vols. in 2. I: [6] ff., 335, [1 (blank)] pp. II: [1] f., 334 (i.e., 332) pp., [1 (index) f. III: [1] f., 319, [1 (blank)] pp., [1] f. IV:[1] f., 147, [1 (blank)] pp., [1] f.; 105, [1], 31, [1] pp. (all indices). 
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handsomely printed in double-column format. This copy is attractively bound, as well.
• Palau 137466; Sabin 68390. Victorian acid-stained sheep with gilt spines extra. Marbled edges. Tape adhered to one title-page at inner margin. Ownership signatures on title-page. A nice set. (3584)
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Bound forPresentation by Queen IsabellaSpain. Ministerio de Hacienda. Presupuestos generales de gastos é ingresos para el año de 1850, segun la ley sancionada en 20 de Febrero del mismo año. Madrid: La Viuda de Burgos, 1850 [i.e., 1849]. 8vo signed in 4s (22.1 cm, 8.65"). 761, [1 (blank)] pp.
Binding: Signed presentation binding by Miguel Ginesta II of Madrid, of oxblood straight-grain morocco, covers framed in double gilt fillets surrounding gilt-stamped arabesques and the gilt-stamped coat of arms of Queen Isabella II of Spain; spine with gilt-stamped title and arabesques. Board edges and turn-ins gilt-stamped, pink moiré endpapers, all edges gilt.
Provenance: Infante Duc de Montpensier (sixth son of King Louis Philippe), husband of the Infanta Maria Louisa (Queen Isabella’s sister), with his bookplate.
• Palau 236716. Binding as described above, covers showing only very minor wear, spine slightly faded. Front pastedown with bookplate described above. Pages gently age-toned, a few showing mild foxing but most clean. Very attractive. (5749)
He’s Back! — Occasional Poetry “del pueblo” 
An Ephemerum of 1814(Spanish Poetry). [drop-title] La pia del pueblo español. Cancion patriotica en celebridad de la venida de nuestro amado rey el señor don Fernando el VII. [at end: Madrid: Impr. de Alvarez, 1814]. Small 4to. [3] pp. on [2] ff.
Not in NUC Pre-1956, WorldCat, or Catálogo Colectivo del Patrimonio Bibliográfico Español.
• Not in Palau. Modern marbled boards with cordovan-colored gilt morocco title-label on front cover. A very good copy. (7791)
A Bespoke Cedulario forUse in New Spain & Guatemala (Spanish Royal Decrees). An assemblage of 43 manuscript and printed royal and viceroyal decrees and some 25 related documents. Barcelona, Madrid, Valldolid (Spain), Aranjuez, Mexico City, & elsewhere: 1701–79. Small 4to, folio, & larger. Approximately 135 ff.
Click the images for enlargements. specific issues peculiar to one person, place, institution, or event, and such specificity is not included in the recopilaciones, though the royal decrees provided good, useful precedents to cite.
true (rather than stamped) royal signatures: six are signed by Felipe V, and nine are by Ferdinand VI. Of the 28 documents not signed by a king, 17 are printed and 11 are manuscript.
A sound and interesting collection. (34851)
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Satirical Political Poetry(Spanish Succession, War of). Sentencias breves, y verdaderas à la alusion de estos tiempos, sacados, y asimilados por vn leal Sancho, gran expositor de refranes. [Spain, ca. 1705–1710]. 8vo. [2] ff.
• Palau 308809 and 308810 (same work with different attributed dates; that of 1750 clearly erroneous). Disbound, with pen-trials and some worming in gutter margin. (7792)
Early Americanum, BAV 51 — Woodcut Title-page by BurgkmairStamler, Johannes. Dyalogus ... de diversarum gencium sectis et mundi religionibus. [colophon: Auguste: Per Erhardum Oglin & Ieorgi Nadler, 1508]. Folio (31 cm, 12.25"). [2], 32, [2] ff.
Click the images for enlargements.dramatic dialogue. Marginal notes point out the various heresies of those systems of beliefs — that is, heresies as defined by European Catholicism. The work was edited by Wolfgang Aittinger and its title-page is a full-block xylograph by Hans Burgkmair, which he has signed with his initials in the block's lower righthand corner. Oddly, this is printed again on the verso of the title-page, thus producing a double title-page.
Stamler specifically mentions Columbus and Vespucci and the world's debt to them. — “De insulis aut inuentes mention nullã facio: Sed Cristoferi Colom erund inutoris et Alberici Vespucii de orbe moderno inuento (quibus tas nostra potissimú debet) quos tibi presentibus tractatulos mitto conspicias” — our free translation: “I do not make mention of the newly discovered islands: However, I send you [copies] of the little treatises of Christopher Columbus and Albert Vespucci (to whom our age is greatly indebted) on the newly discovered world.” Where are the Stamler–Locher copies of those very rare books today?
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An Art Collector's Estate Suárez de Toledo, Juan. Collection of documents in Spanish on paper relating to his death and estate. Talavera: 1669–79. Folio, 100 ff.
Click the images for enlargements. • Written by several notaries so hands are varied. Stitching starting to loosen. A very few leaves with small loss of text to a hungry rodent. (27598)
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Colonial Support for theRoyal Retreat — MS. Accounting, 1781–85 (Subsidies for the Escorial). Contemporary copy of a manuscript, on paper, in Spanish. Lima, 1787. Folio, 23 pp.
• Sewn, in good condition. (2218)
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The NorthernmostMAYAN Dialect — Two “Firsts”Tapia Zenteno, Carlos de. Noticia de la lengua huasteca ... con cathecismo, y doctrina christiana para su instruccion ... enchiridion sacramental para su administracion, con todo lo que parece necessario hablar en ella los neoministros y copioso diccionario para facilitar su inteligencia. Mexico: En la Imprenta de la Bibliotheca Mexicana, 1767. 4to (20 cm, 7.785"). [5] ff., 128 pp.
Click the images for enlargements. the first surviving published grammar and the first dictionary. The catechism is bilingual (Spanish and Huastec) as is the doctrine. Both are important for the study of moral and doctrinal concerns by the clergy among the indigenous population. 
• Viñaza 355; García Icazbalceta, Apuntes, 73; Medina, Mexico, 5187; Sabin 94355; Palau 327486; Maggs,
Bibl. Amer., 4678; Newberry Library, Ayer Indians, Huastec, 15; Pilling, Proof-sheets, 3801. Contemporary limp vellum lacking the leather ties. An attractive, crisp copy and only the fourth complete copy of this work we have seen on the market in 35 years. (33590)
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Noble Knights & Fair Infantas
Trueba y Cosío, Joaquín Telesforo de. The romance of history: Spain. London: Frederick Warne & Co., [1872]. 8vo (19.75 cm, 7.7"). viii, 579, [1] pp.; 8 plts.
Click the images for enlargements. • NSTC 0647541. Contemporary half green goat and marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped title and compartment decorations, top edge gilt; joints and extremities rubbed, inner portion of leather on front cover with patches of light discoloration. Front free endpaper with adhesions from now-absent label. Pages mildly age-toned, with a few instances of light spotting. Indeed a very romantic view (in both text and image) of Spanish fact mixed with fiction. (34883)
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