1. THREE letters of [Don Gaspar de Quiroga, Inquisitor General?] to Philip II., respecting the disaffection of the Moriscos in Aragon and a threatened rising among them; Mar. 1575. With holograph notes written by the king in the margins. f. 1. 2. Letter of the Council of the Inquisition to Phi...
MISCELLANEOUS autograph letters, with accompanying papers; 1525-1787 :- 1. Desiderius Erasmus to Nicholas Everard, President of Holland, relating to Luther's marriage; Basle, 24 Dec. 1525. Lat.; with seal. f. 2. 2. Philip II. of Spain to [Henry III.] King of France, disapproving of the terms made by the latter with his rebellious subjects; [l576?] Span. ; with seal. f. 6. 3. Antonio Perez, Secretary to Philip II., to the King, respecting the Infante of Tunis, with marginal notes by the...
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includes: f. 1 Alartin Luther: Letter of Erasmus on the marriage of: 1525.: Lat.f. 1 Desiderius Erasmus, of Rotterdam: Letter to N. Everard: 1525.: Lat.f. 1 Nicholas Grudius Everard, Dutch Lawyer and Statesman: Letter to, from D. Erasmus: 1525.: Lat.f. 5 P- van Haagen: Letter to J. Roms...
1. "LIBRO de Tulho de paradoxis:" a Spanish translation of Cicero de Paradoxis, f. 1. 2. "Tractado de caso e fortuna," in three parts; with a prologue addressed to [Juan II.] King of Castile by the author [Lope de Barrientos], Bishop of Cuença, circa 1450, f. 33. 3. "Tratado del dormir e desportar e del soñar e de las adevinanças e agueros e profecia, copilado por. mandamiento del xpianisimo Rey don Johun el segundo de Castilla e de Leon," by the same, f. 51. 4. "Tractado del diuinar e...
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includes: f. 1 Marcus Tullius Cicero: De Paradoxis: 16th cent.: Span.ff. 33, 51, 95 b Lope de Barrientos, Bishop of Cuenca: Bishop of Tractado de caso y fortuna: circ. 1450).f. 146 Yñigo Lopez de Mendoça, Marquis de Santillana: Oration of G Manetti, translated for: 16th. cent.: Span.f. 14...
HISTORICAL and other collections of Juan de Mariana, consisting of tracts and essays of his own composition, with corrections in his own hand, copies of chronicles, and miscellaneous papers on theological, literary, and other subjects. Seven volumes. Paper; xvith and xviith centt. Folio. At the beginning of Vol. i. is a memorandum of Phelipe Antonio Fernandez de Vallejo, recording the aequisition of the collection, which had formerly been in possession of the Jesuits' College at Toledo; 17 J...
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Juan de Mariana, Jesuit: Collections: 16th, 17th centt.
Vol. III. Papers, some by Mariana, relating to the Polyglot Bible of 1569-1573; Rabbinical and prohibited books; Provincial Councils, especially in reference to the Council of Toledo; with Latin translations of three orations by Ælius Aristides, "de non agendis comediis," etc.; and, at f. 143, i...
VOL. VI. Letters, and copies and drafts of papers, on theological, ecclesiastical, and other matters, preceded by- 1. Mariana's work, "De Rege et Regis lnstitutione," in three books, with autograph corrections. Lat. f. 2. 2. Epitome of Spanish History, 1492-1590, by the same. Lat. f 140. 3. "...
VOL. VII. Correspondence, excerpts, and other papers, among which are:- 1. "De adventu Jacobi apostoli Majoris in Hispaniam disputatio," by Mariana, with autograph corrections, f. 70. 2. S. Isidori "Liber differentiarum;" with collations by Mariana, f. 86. 3. Translation of a portion of "L...
"VIDA y Historia del Invictissimo Emperador Don Carlos quinto deste nombre, Rey de España, etc., compuesto por Pero Mexia:" an unpublished and incomplete work, ending in the year 1528. The beginning of Book i. and portions of Books iii. and iv. are wanting. At the end are added:-Copies of letters to Antonio de Acuña, Bishop of Zamora, and Don Juan de Padilla and Donna Maria, his wife; 1521, 1522, f. 185;-and "Razonamyento echo en Villabraxima a los eavalleros de la Junta, en el qual el autor...
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Pero Mexia, Cronista Real: Life of Charles V.: 17th cent.: Span.: Imperf. Charles V; Emperor of Germany: Life of, by P. Mexia: 17th cent.: Span.: Imperf.
1. "HISTORIA Hierosolimitana, en la qual se contiene en summa las vidas y hechos de todos los grandes maestres que a avido en la sacra religion de San Juan Bauptista de Hierusalem, desde Gerardo, primer. iilstituydor de ella, hasta el yllmo y rmo Principe y Gran Maestro F. Juan de Valeta, al qual la dicha obra fue dirigida por Juan Antonio de Fojan, Cavallero y Coronista de la misma Orden" in three parts, to the year 1556, f. 1. 2. "Sitio de Malta:" an account of the siege of Malta in 1565...
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Orders Military. St. John of Jerusalem: History.of, to 1556, with table of Grand Masters: 18th cent.: Span. includes: f. 1 Juan Antonio de Fojan, Coronista de la Orden de San Juan Bauptista de Hierusalem: History of the Order to 1556,: 18th cent.: Span.f. 369 b Island of Malta: Siege of: i...
"HISTORIA y Nobleza de el Reyno de Leon y Principado de Asturias, por D. Lazaro Diaz del Valle y de la Puerta, Cronista General de su Magd y sus reynos de Castilla y Leon, Año de 1665." The second part of a history of Castile and Leon, from 1407 to 1665; with genealogical tables, coloured coats of arms, and portraits, engraved and by hand. Inserted, at f. 15, is the "Passo Honroso, defendido por el exte Cavallero Leonès Suero de Quiñones, cerea de la puente de Orvigo, en montanas de Leon, Añ...
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Province of Leon: History of, by L. Diaz del Valle: 1665.: Span. Kingdom of Spain: Second part of the history of Castile and Leon, by Diaz del Valle y de la Puerta: 1665.: Span. Lazaro Diaz del Valle y de la Puerta, Cronista General de Castilla y Leon: History of Castile and Leon: 1665.: Span....