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A source of fundamental importance for the reign of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

SANDOVAL, Prudencio.
Historia de la vida y hechos del emperador Carlos V. Max. fortissimo. Rey Catholico de España y de las Indias, Islas, y toierra firme del Mar Oceano. Al Catholico Rey Don Felipe III.

Printed in red and black, vignette with the Spanish Royal coat-of-arms on both titles, full-page engraved portrait of Charles V in vol 1, and full-page allegorical portrait of Charles V in vol. 2, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials.

Printed in red and black, vignette with the Spanish Royal coat-of-arms on both titles, full-page engraved portrait of Charles V in vol 1, and full-page allegorical portrait of Charles V in vol. 2, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials.

Printed in red and black, vignette with the Spanish Royal coat-of-arms on both titles, full-page engraved portrait of Charles V in vol 1, and full-page allegorical portrait of Charles V in vol. 2, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials.

Printed in red and black, vignette with the Spanish Royal coat-of-arms on both titles, full-page engraved portrait of Charles V in vol 1, and full-page allegorical portrait of Charles V in vol. 2, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials.

Printed in red and black, vignette with the Spanish Royal coat-of-arms on both titles, full-page engraved portrait of Charles V in vol 1, and full-page allegorical portrait of Charles V in vol. 2, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials.



Pamplona, Bartholome Paris, 1614. 2 vols. Folio. Contemporary sprinkled calf, ribbed spine with red title-label, lettered in gold (missing from vol. 2). Printed in red and black, vignette with the Spanish Royal coat-of-arms on both titles, full-page engraved portrait of Charles V in vol 1, and full-page allegorical portrait of Charles V in vol. 2, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. (28), 895, (30); (4), 898, (14) pp.

Rare standard edition of this highly important history of the life of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (1500-1558). The first edition was published in Valladolid in 1604-6 but this edition is very rare. A re-issue appeared in 1618. Further editions were published in 1625, 1634, 1675, 1681 and 1715. A modern edition followed in 1955-56. A translation into English was published in 1652 (second edition 1655).

Fray Prudencio de Sandoval (Valladolid, 1553 - Pamplona, 1620) was a Spanish historian and Benedictine, the Bishop of Tuy from 1608 to 1612 and Bishop of Pamplona thereafter until his death. He continued the chronicle begun by Florián de Ocampo and Ambrosio de Morales, and rather uncritically compiled a large collection of documents. He made much use of Guevara y Mejía. His present Historia de la vida y hechos del emperador Carlos V is a source of fundamental importance for the reign of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. His Historia de los reyes de Castilla y León or Historia de los cinco reyes (Pamplona: 1615) includes some documentary and epigraphic material now lost. His last work, Crónica del ínclito emperador de España don Alonso VII (1660), was published posthumously.

Good set with ownership's entry on both titles: 'A (?) Fletcher', possibly Andrew Fletcher (1655-1716), Scotch patriot and book collector for his library in Salton DNB XIX, pp. 2928).- (Bindings a bit rubbed, hinges weak, title and first three leaves of vol. 2 dam. and partly repaired).
Palau 297147; cf. Graese VI, p. 263.

Related Subjects: 16th Century  History  Low Countries  Spain 

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