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On the pleasures of a countryman's table View picture(s) 1 BERCHOUX, Joseph de. La gastronomia ó los placeres de la mesa. Poema. Traducido libremente del Frances al verso Español por Don José de Urcullu, capitan graduado, teniente del regimiento infantería de Leon. Valencia, La imprenta de Estévan, 1820. 12vo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments with red title label. Full-page engraving of a merry company drinking coffee in a garden by T. de Rocafort. XII, 228 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Coffee & Tea  Engravings  Gastronomy  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Remarkable Spanish theoretical treatise on the liberal art of Spain View picture(s) 2 BUTRON, Juan Alonso de. Discursos apologeticos, en que se defiende la ingenvidad del arte de la pintura; Que es liberal, de todos derechos, no inferior a las sie te que comunmente te se reciben. De Don Ivan de Butron, professor de ambos derechos. A Don Fernando de la Hoz, gentilhombre de la casa de su Magestad. Madrid, Luis Sanchez, 1626. 4to. 19th century marbled calf with 5 ornamental gilt flowers and red morocco title-label on spine, gilt fillets and border on both sides, blue marbled endpapers, marbled edges.  With richly illustrated engraved frontispiece in architectural setting with three coats of arms by J. Schorquens. (36), 122, (37) pp., last page blank. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Art General  Drawing & Painting  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Catalan translation of Campe's Robinson der Jüngere View picture(s) 3 CAMPE, Joachim Heinrich. El nuevo Robinson. Historia moral reducida a dialogos para instruccion y entretenimiento de ninos y jovenes de ambos sexos. Traducaida al Castellano con varias correcciones por D. Tomas de Iriarte. Nueva edicion con muchas laminas. Paris, Garnier Hermanos, 1858. 8vo. Original richly blind-stamped and coloured cloth, gilt edges. With wood-engraved frontispiece, 13 full-page wood-engraved plates. XI, [1 blank], 374 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Children's Books  Robinson Crusoe  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Spanish handbook on chronography View picture(s) 4 CHAVES, Jérôme de. Chronographia o repertorio de tiempos, el mas copioso y precisso, que hasta ahora ha salido a luz. Sevilla, Fernando Diaz, 1584. 4to. 19th century vellum, gilt spine with red morocco label lettered in gold (DOMINGO V. FOLCH, Valencia). Title printed in red and black with woodcut portrait of Hieronymo Chaves together with his .....: 'Virtus in infirmitate perficitur'. Printer's device of Fernando Diaz on the verso of the last leaf.  Some interesting woodcut initials and tail-pieces. Many printed tables of the positions of the moon and sun, calendars, moveble feasts etc., 2 full-page woodcuts of the movements of the stars and a medical (zodiac) man, 7 half-page woodcuts of celestial bodies (Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) with their signs, 12 half-page woodcuts of the signs of the zodiac, 7 half-page round woodcuts of an emblem, the earth, 2 hemispheres and eclipses, and 43 small round woodcuts of positions of the moon. 163 lvs. [Collation: x8(8), A-X8(176), Y-Z4(184), AA8(192), BB-HH8 (201-156(=256)), II8-1(157-163(=257-263)), the last blank missing]. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Astronomy & Cosmography  Science  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Extremely rare issue of this 'Mirror for princes and sovereigns' View picture(s) 5 GUEVARA, Anthonio de. Den vorstelijcken lust-hof ende morgen-wecker, in welcken de koninghen, vorsten, heeren ende allerly potentaten, zoo wel ooc die van adel, officieren ende ampt-mannen treffelijc onderricht zijn: mitsgaders ooc de vrouwen van state ende jongvrouwen, met tzamen alle menschen, haer daer in door veel schoone leeringen vermaken ende verlustighen konnen. In drye deelen begrepen. ... Nu uyt den Hoogh-duytsche inde Neder-duytsche sprake grondelijc ende trouwelijc over-ghezet: door D.W.C. Rotterdam, Jan van Waesberghe, 1618. (=Schiedam & Rotterdam, Jan Wolffertsz Vleys 3 parts in 1 vol. 4to. Contemporary overlapping vellum. Half title with half-page engraved plate of a lion with sword in the 'Garden of Holland'; full page engraved portrait of Prince Maurits Orange- Nassau opposite his engraved coat-of-arms). (5), 94, (2); (1), 97, (2); (1), 113, (2) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  17th Century  House of Orange  Literary History  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare first French translation of Guevara's famous guide on royal lifestyle in contemporary gold-tooled calf View picture(s) 6 GUEVARA, Antonio de. L'orloge des Princes, oeuvre de tresexcellente & admirable doctrine, pour les graves sentences, & rares hystoires, qui y sont contenues. Paris, On se vend au Palais, par Iehan Longis, 1550. Sm.8vo. Contemp. calf, spine ribbed with small gilt ornaments in the compartments, with gilt fillet borders on sides and gilt ornament in centre surrounded with the letters L V B and with gilt-stamped legend 'OBER RATH' on front cover, g.e. With woodcut device of Jean Longis on title, and with numerous fine criblé woodcut initials in text. (12), 423 lvs., all within finely lined borders, drawn in red ink by hand. Full description >> Related Subjects: Children's Books  Courtesy Books  Education  French  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Practical handbook of spiritual exercises View picture(s) 7 IZQUIERDO, Sebastian. Pratica di alcuni esercitii spirituali di S. Ignatio composta dal P. Sebastiano Izquierdo della Compagnia di Giesu. Rome, Presso il Varese, 1686. 4to. (172x117mm.). Contemporary vellum; spine lettered in ink. All text pages, including the title, within a floral woodcut border; 'IHS' vignettes on the title and on the first pages of the 12 exercises; eight different tail-pieces and 12 full-page allegorical engravings with engraved captions underneath; the first is signed by 'Rup. Abb.' 12 x 8 = (96) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Catholicism  Italy  Jesuits  Religion  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Cavalry for beginners View picture(s) 8 LAIGLESIA Y DARRAC, Francisco de. Elementos de equitacion militar para el uso de la caballeria Española, escritos para los alumnos de la escuela militar de equitacion. Segunda edicion. Madrid, José M. Ducazcal, 1853. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, gilt title on spine. With 13 engraved plates. VIII, 224 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Cavalry  Horses & Horsemanship  Militaria  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Six lively dialogues by a Spanish humanist from Sevilla View picture(s) 9 MEXIA, Pedro. Coloquios o dialogos compuestos por el magnifico cavallero Pero Mexia, vezino de Sevilla, en los quales se disputan y tratan varias y diversas cosas de mucha erudicion y doctrina. Al illustrissimo senor don Perasan de Ribera Marques de Tarisa &c. Antwerp, Widow of Martinus Nutius, 1561. 12mo. Contemporary overlapping vellum with gilt double line along the edges and gilt coat-of-arms in the centre and four corner pieces on both sides, spine with gilt stars in four compartments, g.e. With printer's device of Nutius (two storks) on the title. 165 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  Humanism  Literature  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The voyage for the discovery of the Magellan Straits View picture(s) 10 NODAL, Bartholome Garcia DE & Gonzalo. Relacion del viage, que por orden de su magestad y acuerdo de el real consejo de Indias hicieron los capitanes Bartholome Garcia de Nodal, y Gonzalo de Nodal, hermanos, naturales de Pontevedra, al desubrimiento del estrecho nuevo de San Vicente, que hoy es nombrado de Maire, y reconocimiento del de Magallanes. Reimpresso de orden del  Sr. D. Joachin Manual de Villena y Guadalfaxara, Marques del real thesoro, cavellero del orden de S. Juan, del consejo de S.M. Gefe de Esquadra de la Real Armada, y presidente de la Real Audiencia, y casa de la contratacion a las Indias; En utilidad del hospicio de la Santa Charidad de la cuidad de Cadiz. Lleva anadido las derrotas de la America Occidental de unos puertos a otros, que dio a luz el theniente de navio de la Real Armada don Manuel de Echavelar. Cadiz, Don Manuel Espinosa de los Monteros, Impressor de la Real Marina, (1766- or 1769). 4to. Contemp. limp vellum with leather ties, spine with printed title. One folding map of the Magellan Straits designed and engraved by D.M. de Rueda dated 1769, woodcut head- and tailpieces, woodcut initials. (20), 162 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Discovery & Exploration  Spanish  Travel & Voyages  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare imprint from Chili View picture(s) 11 NOÉ, Juan Nicolas. Epitome de gramatica Castellana. Escrito por Juan Nicolas Noe. Para escuelas primarias. Valparaiso, Imprenta de la Bandera, 1837. 12mo. Original blue boards. Title in woodcut borders. 155 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [South]  Chile  Education  Linguistics  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Important Spanish account of missionary activities in Japan in excellent, contemporary parchment binding View picture(s) 12 PIÑEYRO, Luys. Relacion del sucesso que tuuo nuestra santa fe en los reynos del Iapon, desde el año de seyscientos y doze hasta el de seyscientos u quinze, Imperando Cubosama. Madrid, widow of Alonso M. de Balboa, 1617. Folio. Contemporary vellum. With woodcut coat of arms on title, repeated at the end of books 1, 2 and 3, woodcut headpiece, numerous woodcut initials. (16), 516, (8) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Japan  Jesuits  Mission  Religion  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First edition of the ultimate guide book for sugar cane producers View picture(s) 13 REYNOSO, Alvaro. Ensayo sobre el cultivo de la caña de azucar. Habana, imprenta Del Tiempo, 1862. 8vo. Contemporary half calf with gilt title on spine, marbled boards. XIII, (1 blank), 310, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Cuba  Industry  Spanish  Sugar  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to use the foil View picture(s) 14 RODRIGUES DE CARVALHO, Theotonio. Tratado completo do jogo de florete, em o qual se estabelecem os principios certos dos exercicios offensivos, e defensivos desta arte; obra necessaria a's pessoas, que se destinão a's armas, e util a'quellas, que se querem aperfeiçoar. Lisboa, Na impressão Regia, 1804. 4to. Later green leather with gilt decorated spine raised with 5 bands, gilt inner- and outer dentelles with 2 foils crossed on front cover and gilt coat-of-arms of the "Callen Fementidas Lenguas do Nobles Esradas fa..." on back cover. 8 folding engraved plates with 17 figures. 105 pp, 1 leaf of advertising. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Fencing  Spain  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very rare original and only edition of this work on the history of the mission in Morocco View picture(s) 15 SAN JUAN DEL PUERTO, Francisco de Jesús María de. Mission historial de Marruecos, en que se trata de los martirios, persecuciones, y trabajos, que han padecido los missionarios, y frutos que han cogido las missiones, que han cogido las missiones, que desde sus principios tuvo la Orden Seraphica en el Imperio de Marruecos, y continùa La Provincia de San Diego de Franciscos descalços de Andalucia en el mismo Imperio. Sevilla, Francisco Garay, 1708. Folio. Contemporary limp vellum, spine with ink lettering, leather ties, sprinkled edges. With allegorical engraved frontispiece by Jo. Carolus Allet after the design by Pietro de Pietri, title printed in red & black within an elegant typogr. border, woodcut initials, typogr. ehad and tail pieces; printed in two cols. (44), 829, (19) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Africa  Mission  Morocco  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Amusing literary work on the life and customs at the Spanish court in the 17th century View picture(s) 16 SANTOS, Francisco. Periquillo el de las Gallineras. Valencia, heirs of Gabriel de Leon, 1704. 8vo. Contemporary limp vellum with title written in large characters on spine. Woodcut printer's device on title. (16), 258 (= 256; p.96 jumps to 98 without loss of text) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Literary History, 16th-17th century  Nobility  Spain  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Beautifully illustrated Dutch adaptation of Don Quichot View picture(s) 17 WEYERMAN, Jacob Campo. De voornaamste gevallen van den wonderlyken Don Quichot, door den beroemden Picart den Romein, en andere voornaame meesters, in XXXI kunstplaaten, na de uitmuntende schilderyen van Coypel in 't koper gebragt. Beschreeven op een'vryen en vrolyken trant. En ... met gedichten ter verklaaring van iedere kunstprint, en het Leeven van M. de Cervantes Saavedra verrykt. Alles volgens het oirspronklyk Spaans. The Hague, Pieter de Hondt, 1746. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with red title label, gilt ornamental borders on sides, gilt board edges, marbled endpapers. Title in red & black with engraved vignette by J. van S(chley), and 31 full-page engraved plates by Bernard Picart ('den Romein') (12), J. van Schley (13), S. Fokke (1), and P. Tanjé (5) after Charles Coypel (25), N. Cochin (2), Tremolières (2), J.P. le Bas (1) and the famous French painter F. Boucher (1). XXVI, 420 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Engravings  Literature  Popular Books  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First French translation of a classic work on the discovery and conquest of Peru View picture(s) 18 ZARATE, Augustin de. Histoire de la decouverte et de la conquete du Perou. Amsterdam, J. Louis de Lorme, 1700. 2 vols. 12vo. Nineteenth century red morocco, spine gilt, triple gilt fillets on sides with small floral ornaments in the corners, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. (DEROME). With engraved frontispiece, folding engraved map of Peru, and 12 engraved plates, two folding. (36), 307, (1 blank); (6), 408 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  America [South]  Cartography  Colonial History  History  Peru  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare Flushing imprint View picture(s) 19 [LINGUISTICS]. Colloquia et Dictionariolum Octo Linguarum, Latinae, Gallicae, Belgicae, Teutonicae, Hispanicae, Italicae, Anglicae et Portugallicae. Liber omnibus linguarum studiosis domi ac foris apprime necessarius. Collogues ou Dialogues, avec un Dictionaire en huit languages, Latin, Flamen, Francois, Alleman, Espagnol, Italien, Anglois & Portuguez: nouvellement reveus, corrigez, & augmentez de quatre dialogues, tres profitables & utils, tant au fait de marchandise, qu'aux voyages & autres traffiques. Colloquien oft tsamensprekinghen, met een Vocabulaer in acht spraken, Latijn, Francois, Neerduytsch, Hoochduytsch, Spaens, Italiaens, Engelsch ende Portugijsch: van nieuws verbetert ende vermeerdert van vier Colloquien, seer nut ende profitelijck tot der Coopmanschap, reyse ende andere handelinghen. Flushing, Martinum Abrahami, F. vander Nolck, 1613. Oblong small 8vo. Contemporary vellum. (208) lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dictionaries  Dutch  English  French  German  Greek & Latin  Linguistics  Schoolbooks  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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How to learn 8 languages simultaneously View picture(s) 20 [LINGUISTICS]. Dictionariolum et colloquia octo languarum, Latine, Gallicae, Belgicae, Teutonicae, Hispanicae, Italicae, Anglicae, & Portugallicae. Liber Linguarum, emendatior stylo novissimé dertersarum, studiosis omnibus domi ac foris apprime necessarius. Dictionaire et Colloques en Huit Langues, Latin, Flamen, Francois, Alleman, Espagnol, Italien, Anglois, & Portugues: Nouvellement reveüs coorigez, & augmentez de quatre Dialogues, tres-profitable & util,  tant au faict de marchandise, qu'aux voyages & aultres traffiques. Antwerp, Henr. Aertsens, 1662. Oblong sm.8vo. 19th-century half morocco. With fine engraved frontispiece by Lommelin, with the title in Dutch in center with the "Janus-Head" above, and a group of four men talking under a tree at either side. 358, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dictionaries  Dutch  English  French  German  Greek & Latin  Italy  Linguistics  Portugal  Schoolbooks  Spanish  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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