VOL. I.; July 1565-July 1566. Addressed chiefly to Card. de Espinosa. Diego de Espinosa, Cardinal, Bishop of Siguença, President of the Spanish Council of State: Letters and memorials to: 1565-1572.: Span.
LETTERS and memorials from various officers of state, the clergy and private persons, to Philip II., King of Spain, Don Diego de Espinosa, Bishop of Siguença, Cardinal, President of the Supreme Council and Inquisitor-General, Mateo Vasquez, the King's Secretary, and others, in some cases having marginal notes and instructions by the King; 1565-1591. Sixteen volumes. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Philip II of Spain: Official correspondence and papers during his reign: 1556-1598.
ORIGINAL official and state correspondence, historical, political, and other papers, relating to Spain and her dependencies, from the archives of the family of Altamira; chiefly of the xvith and xviith centuries, and in the Spanish language. One hundred and seventy volumes. They are fully described in the Catalogue of Spanish MSS.
Scope & Content:
Kingdom of Spain: State correspondence and historical and political papers, from the Altamira family archives: 16th-17th centt.: Span. Altamira family: Official and state correspondence from their archives: 16th and 17th centt.: Span.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Persian, Portuguese, and Spanish
VOL. II.; Aug. 1566-Dec. 1570. Chiefly to the same. Diego de Espinosa, Cardinal, Bishop of Siguença, President of the Spanish Council of State: Letters and memorials to: 1565-1572.: Span.
VOL. III.; 1571, 1572. Chiefly to the same. Diego de Espinosa, Cardinal, Bishop of Siguença, President of the Spanish Council of State: Letters and memorials to: 1565-1572.: Span.
VOL. IV. Undated, but before the death of Card. Espinosa [5 Sept. 1572], to whom they are chiefly addressed; divided into letters and papers from Nobles, ff. 1-184, and from Bishops and Cardinals, ff. 185-508. Diego de Espinosa, Cardinal, Bishop of Siguença, President of the Spanish Council of ...
VOL.. V. The same continued; miscellaneous writers, arranged alphabetically. Diego de Espinosa, Cardinal, Bishop of Siguença, President of the Spanish Council of State: Letters and memorials to: 1565-1572.: Span.
VOL. VI.; 1573-1575. Chiefly to the King, with some to Mateo Vasquez and Don Juan de Ovando, President of the Councils of the Indies and the Exchequer. Juan de Ovando, President of the Councils of the Indies and of the Exchequer: Letters to, from various officers of state: 1573-1575.: Span. Ma...
VOL. VII.; 1576-1577. Chiefly to the King and to Mateo Vasquez. Matteo Vasquez de Lecca, Secretary of Philip II of Spain: Official correspondence and papers: 1573-1591.