Pamphlet describing the bishop's reaction to the proclamation of Joseph Bonaparte as King of Spain. Possible author, Pedro Quevedo y Quintana, Bishop of Orense
Recollection of an Italian sermon given by Joseph Bonaparte in Logroño, Spain, encouraging support from the Spanish population for his rule, and defending his actions in disposing the Spanish monarchy and taking control of Madrid. Possible author, Juan López Cancelada
Signatures: pi⁸ A-2E⁸. ; "Loosely described as an emblem book"--Landwehr. ; First published Madrid, 1658. See Palau y Dulcet. ; Includes index and bibliographical side notes. ; Landwehr, J. French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese emblem books, ; Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Binding: sheepskin. Spine tooled in gilt, including author & title: VALDEC / DE ANI.
Added title, port. of Toribio, and folded plan of Lima, all engraved by Joseph Mulder. ; Signatures: *-2*⁴ 3*² A-3B⁴ 3C⁴(3C4+chi). ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Ownership inscription on t.p. of the Convento di S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome. ; Binding: limp vellum, two pairs of ties at fore edge, title & author written on spine.
240-241 omitted in paging. ; Signatures: [par.]⁸ A-2T⁸ 2V¹⁰. ; Armorial woodcut on t.p. Emblematic woodcuts in ornamental frames. One initial, tail-pieces. ; First published in Spanish by Nicolao Enrico (Munich, 1640). ; Includes bibliographical side notes. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Bookplate of Fort Hill. Ownership inscription of Lisa & Leonard Baskin. ; Binding: modern marbled paper backed in goatskin. Author, title and date on spine in gilt.
Discourse on the popular education of craftsmen: a significant text from the Spanish Enlightenment period, concerning economic reform and educational ideology. With particular emphasis on apprentices and their evaluation, teachers, unions, guilds and their formation, suppliers, trade ordinances, the promotion of the arts, women's occupations in relation to the arts, and domestic and international commerce. See also 232.k.1.(1.) for the related text by the same author, 'Discurso sobre el fomento de la industria popular'
Mode of access: Internet. ; La fecha de la port. frontispicia es de 1683, y en los preliminares legales, la última fecha que aparece es 1684. ; En el texto, un grab. por cada una de las 50 empresas morales, algunos de ellos firmados "Matt. Ôgier sculp. Lugd." ; Front. grab. calc.: "Author invenit, Claud. Coell. delin., Fran. Houat sculp.". ; Errores de paginación de p. 64 pasa a la p. 67, 153-154 repetidas, de la p. 192 pasa a la p. 177. ; Texto con apostillas marginales. ; Anteportada. ; Sign.: [?]4, e4, ?4, A-5O4.
Errata, 3*1r. ; Errors in pagination: 314-5 omitted, 316-7 repeated. ; Signatures: pi⁴ *-2*⁴ ²2*⁴ 3*⁴ A-2F⁸. Leaf *1 signed *3, *2 signed *4, ²2*1 signed 2*3, ²2*2 signed 2*4. ; On t.p. edition statement appears before author statement. ; Frontispiece and ill. engraved by Diego de Obregón. Woodcut initials and tail-pieces. ; "Loosely described as an emblem book though containing plates of birds merely"--Landwehr. ; First published Madrid, 1668. See Palau y Dulcet. ; Includes index and bibliographical side notes. ; Landwehr, J. French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese emblem books, ; Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Getty copy loosely placed in limp vellum cover.
"La agudeza y arte de ingenio" is illustrated with the epigrams of Marcial, translated by Manuel de Salinas y Lizana. ; "El discreto," "El politico" and "Oracvlo manval. y arte de prvdencia" were published by Vincencio Juan de Lastanosa y Baráiz de Vera. ; The author published his works under his brother Lorenzo's name, with the exception of "El comvlgatorio" which bears his own name. ; Each work has special t.-p., as has also each of the three parts of "El criticón." ; Vol. 1-2 have added t.-p., engr.: Obras de Lorenzo Gracian. ; Title in red and black. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; former call number: E G731O
By some bibliographers the author is wrongly supposed to be Dionisio Alcalá Galiano, commander of the expedition; Medina and Leclerc ascribe the historical introduction to Alcalá Galiano, commander of the Sutil, and Cayetano Valdés, commander of the Mexicana. Navarrete (Bibl. mar. esp. t 2, p. 65) states that Espinosa wrote the "Relacion" and that he himself wrote the introduction. ; Penciled note on front fly leaf of atlas: "J. Robinson's. N. B.--The Journal and appendix illustrative of these charts, maps and surveys, were lent by me to Mr. J. Q. Adams, secretary of state, of the United States, in 1824, and have not been returned, in consequence, as he stated, of their being mislead [!] Only one copy besides mine referred to, are in the United Stes, and that in the hands of Mr. Foresyth--chairman of the committee of foreign relations. J. R.--. Washington city February 1826." ; The atlas has title: Atlas para el viage de las goletas Sutil y Mexicana el reconocimiento del estrecho de Juan de Fuca en 1792, publicado en 1802 (2 p.l., 17 pl. (part. fold. ; incl. 9 maps)) ; "Vocabulario del idioma de los habitantes de Nutka": p. 178-184. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Mode of access: Internet.