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CABRERA DE CÓRDOBA, LUIS. 1559-1623. Historia del rey Don Phelipe el segundo de las Españas. Madrid Luis Sánchez, 1619. image 1
CABRERA DE CÓRDOBA, LUIS. 1559-1623. Historia del rey Don Phelipe el segundo de las Españas. Madrid Luis Sánchez, 1619. image 2
Printed Books and Manuscripts to 1700
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CABRERA DE CÓRDOBA, LUIS. 1559-1623.
Historia del rey Don Phelipe el segundo de las Españas. [Madrid: Luis Sánchez, 1619.]

13 December 2022, 11:00 EST
New York

US$2,000 - US$3,000

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CABRERA DE CÓRDOBA, LUIS. 1559-1623.

Historia del rey Don Phelipe el segundo de las Españas. [Madrid: Luis Sánchez, 1619.]
Folio (289 x 195 mm). Engraved title-page, woodcut initials and tailpieces. Later vellum decorated in blind and gilt, with monograms ("AyM"?) at each corner of upper cover. Light soiling and wear to binding, margins somewhat trimmed, scattered dampstaining throughout, bookplates on front paste-down, some spotting and browning.

Cabrera's masterwork, a chronicle of the reign of Phillip II of Spain, including the expansion of the Spanish empire in the New World. Cabrera was something of an adventurer, in addition to being a historian and poet. He fought with the Knights of Malta against the Venetians and Turkish pirates, wrote a poem (Laurentina, now partially lost) for Phillip II, organized the King's archives, and later became Secretary to the Queen. Alden 619/31; Palau 3897.

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