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Title pages of notable Spanish literary works from the 16th and 17th centuries, highlighting historical publications and their authors.

De demonstratione, libri quinque. Title page.

PARACELSUS, Philippus Aureolus (1493-1541). Swiss Renaissance philosopher, theologian and physician. 'Opera Omnia'. Edition executed in Geneva in 1658. Frontispiece of the first volume. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

Title-Page of Antonius Musa Brasavolus's "Examen omnium syruporum, quorum publicus usus est"

Title page for: architectura de Oorsen Tushana, 1578 Title page for the series: Architectura De Oorsen Between, in Tween Ghedeylt in XII. Stucken ... According to the text, the series is intended for all construction masters, bricklayers, stonemasons and lovers of the old architecture. The magazine is part of an album. Antwerp paper letterpress printing Title page for the series: Architectura De Oorsen Between, in Tween Ghedeylt in XII. Stucken ... According to the text, the series is intended for all construction masters, bricklayers, stonemasons and lovers of the old architecture. The magazine is part of an album. Antwerp paper letterpress printing

Elementos de Matematica (Elements of Mathematics), by the Spanish architect and mathematician of The Enlightenment Benito Bails (1730-1797). Cover of volume VI, which is about elements of optics. Published in Madrid, 1781.

Sea and River Gods

DISSERTACIONES ECLESIASTICAS POR EL HONOR ANTIGUOS. Author: IBAÑEZ JOSE AGUSTIN. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

In a cartouche the Latin title of a seventeen-volume series on river and sea gods, Title print of a series on river and sea gods River and sea gods (series title) Semideorvm Marinorvm amnicorvmqve sigillariae imagines perelegantes (series title on object), print maker: Philips Galle, (mentioned on object), Philips Galle, (mentioned on object), publisher: Philips Galle, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1586, paper, engraving, h 165 mm × w 102 mm

Spain (1812). Constitution of Càdiz (19th March, 1812). SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

VINDICIAS HISTORICAS POR LA INOCENCIA DE F GERONIMO. Author: SEGURA JACINTO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

CONSTITUCION DE 1869- PAGINA -ARTICULO 2º. Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

AMADIS DE GAULA. LIBRO DE CABALLERIAS SIGLO XVI. ILUSTRACION " TORNEO ENTRE CABALLEROS ". EDICION , AÑO 1533. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

EL DIRECTOR DE LAS ALMAS-METODO PARA DIRIGIRLAS. Author: PINAMONTI. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Constituciones y otros Derechos de Cataluña (Constitutions and other Rights of Catalonia), compiled of the Corts of King Philip IV. First Volume. Printed in the House of Joan Pau Marti and Joseph Llopis Estampers, 1704. Second Book. On Constitutions of Catalonia. Pere III (1319-1387) at the Courts of Perpignan in 1351. Fernando II (1452-1516) in the first Courts of Barcelona in 1481. Historical Military Library of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

TEORICA Y PRACTICA PARA APRENDER A ESCRIBIR-PAGINA ANTERIOR A LA LATINA DERECHA - 1696. Author: ORTIZ LORENZO H. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Anonymous title page for the Rossballet festive competition in Florence on April 28, 1652, with type print text and woodcut edge decoration.

Front cover, 1656

"Mappamondo Istorico". Volume VII. Part I. Life of the emperors of China. Introduction. By Father Antonio Foresti (1625-1692), of the Society of Jesus. Venice and Parma, 1718. Author: Antonio Foresti (1625-1692). Italian Jesuit and historian.

España. Alegación presentada por Gerardo Dienbercht Vanrremen, maestro de campo de infantería valona, justificando la defensa del castillo de Bellaguardia ante las tropas francesas durante la guerra franco-neerlandesa (1672-1678) y su rendición ante el mariscal Friedrich Hermann, duque de Schomberg. Año 1676.

Opdracht door Hieronymus Cock voor Anthony perenot; Notes some ancient Roman ruins and monuments.

Text sheet at a performance of the Libyan Sibille, 1615 text sheet A text in Latin and French about a print with a representation of the Libyan Sibille. This magazine is part of an album. paper letterpress printing

Title page with vignette

ARTE DE HACER CALENDARIOS DE VERAS Y PRONOSTICOS DE BURLAS - SIGLO XVIII. Author: DIEGO DE TORRES VILLARROEL (1693-1770). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro I-IV, page 29 (recto) 1601 Cesare Vecellio Italian Published by Cesare Vecellio, Italian, Pieve di Cadore 1521-1601 Venice, Venice.From top to bottom, and left to right:Title page for Book 2. Title is printed in black with illustrated printer's mark underneath. Printer's mark depicts a bird feasting on worms framed inside an oval that has an inscribed rim and is surrounded by a decorative architectural frame with putti and women sewing textile patterns.. Corona delle Nobili et Virtuose Donne: Libro I-IV, page 29 (recto) 661828

Reed stiers in the wind; Flecti Docilis / Il Sçait Ployer, Sans Jamais Se Roidir; Monastery life in emblems. Presentation of Rietstengels, Wuivend in the wind, on a small island in the water. Above and below this print Latin and French texts in letterpress. This magazine is part of the emblem series 'monastic life in emblems'. In addition to an illustrated title page and 26 emblems, the second state of this series contains a title page and a blade with assignment, both in letterpress without image.

LAS SIETE PARTIDAS-IMPRESAS EN LYON EN 1550-PORTADA. Author: Alfonso X of Castile. Location: UNIVERSIDAD BIBLIOTECA. SALAMANCA. SPAIN.

HISTORIA DE LA VIDA Y HECHOS DEL REY CARLOS V-POR. Author: PRUDENCIO SANDOVAL (1553-1620). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

"Treaty of Vienna" (1725). Peace treaty between King Philip V and Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. Concluded in Vienna on 30 April 1725 and ratified by Philip V in San Ildefonso on 26 May of that year. Philip V signed the treaty through Baron de Ripperdá. By this treaty, Charles VI (Archduke Charles) renounced his claims to the Crown of Spain, recognising Philip V as monarch. Spain, for its part, recognised Austrian sovereignty over the former Spanish Netherlands and the territories of Milan, Naples and Sicily. Article I. Collection of the Treaties of Peace, Alliance, Commerce adjusted by the Crown of Spain with the Foreign Powers (Colección de los Tratados de Paz, Alianza, Comercio ajustados por la Corona de España con las Potencias Extranjeras). Volume II. Madrid, 1800. Historical Military Library of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Jacques Callot, Title Page for The Capricci, c 1617 Title Page for The Capricci

MURATORI, Ludovico Antonio (1672-1750). Italian historian and erudite. Frontispiece of the 'Riflessioni sopra il buon gusto nelle scienze e nelle arti ', work written between 1708-1715. Printed in Venice in 1736. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

Southern Netherlands, Kiliaan, Cornelis, Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Prosopographia, sive virtutum, animi, corporis, bonorum externorum, vitiorum, et affectuum variorum delineatio, Ornamental cartouche with series title, verso - stamped, The print is part of an album., title print, album page, prints, height 155 mm, width 93 mm, 1537 - 1612-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1585 - 1590, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1530 - 1607-04-15, writer

Real Cédula, 1791. Estatutos de la Sociedad Económica de Jaén. Fondos Biblioteca de la Facultad de Letras. Universidad de Granada.

Nicholas Barbieri, a native of Vercelli, who lived between 1586 and 1641 Playwright. Also wrote essays on theatre; his prominent essay is La supplica. Discorso famigliare a quelli che trattano de comici (1634), a passionate apology of theatre and actors, and an important source of information on the commedia culture

Gaceta de Barcelona del martes 17 de mayo de 1768.

Lettere di Giustificazione scritte a Milord Charlemont e a' di lui Agenti di Roma. Dated: 1757. Dimensions: page size: 26.2 x 18.5 cm (10 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.) overall size (volume closed): 26.8 x 19.2 cm (10 9/16 x 7 9/16 in.). Medium: bound volume with 8 etched illustrations and presentation leaf. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIRANESI.

Royal Academy of Music, Panurge - The Royal Academy of Music, Panurge Royal Academy of Music, Panurge. Poster. Board engraving, 1787.

ESOPUS (650-560 BC). Greek fabulist. 'Fables'. Latin edition carried put in Leyden in 1579. Fable of The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf or The Boy Who Cried Wolf. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona University Library.

Paris, Langlois, François, Callot, Jacques, Nancy, Kloosterleven in emblemen, Phoebi vicaria lampas, Cette clarté tient lieu de celle du Soleil, Burning candle, verso left center - stamped, Representation of a burning candle on a stool in an empty room. Above and below this print Latin and French texts in letterpress. This sheet is part of the emblem series 'Monastic life in emblems'. The second state of this series contains, in addition to an illustrated title page and 26 emblems, a title page and a sheet with a dedication, both in letterpress without an image., print, emblem, prints, height 60 mm, width 84 mm, height 144 mm, width 118 mm, French, 1592-08-21 - 1635-03-24, print maker, printmaker, 1621 - 1635, first quarter 17th century, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, letterpress printing, letterpress, Work conception, Frans, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1589-05-12 - 1647-01-14, publisher

Title print of a series about river and sea gods, Philips Galle, 1586 print In a cartouche the Latin title of a seventeen-part series about river and sea gods. Antwerp paper engraving ornament ~ cartouche

Noticias generales de Europa. Dario de avisos publicado en Barcelona en 1687.

Discurso alegórico dedicado al rey Carlos III en su fallecimiento. Barcelona, año 1789.

CHRONICO DE EL CARDENAL DON JUAN TAVERA. Author: SALAZAR MENDOZA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

POEMAS FILOSOFICOS EN VERSO. Author: NEPOMUCENO JUAN. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Titelpagina en twee page 's van Bernhard Siegfried Albinus ' ' De seat of a second color, and the cause of Ethiopia , 1737 .

Cicero, Marcus Tulkius Unbancrn Censter Department: 1601/1750

Minerva and Ceres with image of people working on the land, Anonymous, 1698 print Printer: Ceres shows an image of people working on the land on the sitting Minerva with lance, shield and owl. Putti left and right. paper engraving / letterpress printing device (trade-mark of printer or publisher). (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). (story of) Ceres (Demeter). agriculture

Rolwerkcartouche with title Vita Deiparae Virginis Mariae (series title on object) Life of the Virgin Mary (series title), Rolwerkcartouche with the series title and the imprint in Latin. The print is part of an album, title-page, ornament, cartouche, scrollwork, strapwork, Jean Matheus (possibly), Paris, 1590 - 1649, paper, engraving, h 104 mm × w 66 mm

Constitutions y Altres Drets de Cathalunya, compilats en virtut del Capítol de Cort LXXXII, de las Corts per la S.C.Y.R. Majestat del rey Don Philip IV, nostre senyor celebradas en la ciutat de Barcelona any MDCII. (Constitutions and Other Rights of Catalonia, compiled by virtue of the Court Chapter LXXXII, of the Courts chaired by Philip V and which were held in the city of Barcelona. 1702). First Volume. Printed in the House of Joan Pau Martí and Joseph Llopis Estampers, 1704. Historical Military Library of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

SANTIAGO MATAMOROS - DISCURSO MORAL - DEFENSA DE LOS PRIVILEGIOS DEL JUBILEO - 1708 - ANTONIO ALDEMUNDE. Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. Pontevedra. SPAIN. Apóstol Santiago el Mayor. APOSTOL SANTIAGO EN CLAVIJO. APOSTOL SANTIAGO-SANTIAGO MATAMOROS.

Cartouche with eagle, Anonymous, 1665 print Text sheet with the title in book print in Latin. In the middle a cartouche with an eagle. At the bottom of an impression in Latin. unknown paper letterpress printing predatory birds: eagle

Titelpagina voor: Reinier de Graaf, the women's instruments generation of the new Treaty NEW, Leiden, 1672, 1672 print Titelpagina voor: Reinier de Graaf, the women's instruments generation of the new Treaty NEW, Leiden, 1672, met het drukkersmerk van de familie Hackius met het motto: moving. Leiden paper letterpress printing title-page. device (trade-mark of printer or publisher)

Title print with cartouche with assignment, Antonio Tempesta, 1600 print print maker: Italypublisher: RomeVaticaanstadItaly paper etching ornament ~ cartouche

Architectura Curiosa Nova. The third part, Anonymous, after Georg Andreas Böckler, 1664 print The text in red and black is in a decorative edge with floral motifs. A vignette between the text. Title page of part III of a series consisting of 226 magazines, spread over four books, each with its own title page. print maker: Germanyafter design by: Germany (possibly)printer: Neurenbergpublisher: Neurenberg paper

Thomas a Kempis (1380 Ð 1471), canon regular of the late medieval period. The Imitation of Christ "De Imitatione Christi", a Christian devotional book. Cover. Edition of 1767, Girona.

DOCUMENTO ESCRITURA DE OBLIGACION SIN FECHA. Location: BANCO HIPOTECARIO. MADRID. SPAIN.

PORTADA DE TEORIA Y PRACTICA DE COMERCIO Y DE MARINA - 1724. Author: JERONIMO UZTARIZ (1670-1732). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Spanheim, Friedrich .

Death of Charles II of Spain (1661-1700). Tears of Love, shed by the eminent City of Barcelona... in the magnificent mourning rituals dedicated to the beloved and venerated memory of her deceased King and Lord, don Carlos II ("Lagrimas amantes de la excelentissima ciudad de Barcelona, con que agradecida a las reales finezas y beneficios, demuestra su amor y su dolor, en las magnificas exequias que celebró a las amadas y venerables memorias de su difunto Rey y Señor, D. Carlos II"). By Josep Rocaberti. Edition in Barcelona, in the printing of Juan Pablo Marti, by Francisco Barnola, 1701. Historical Military Library of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Author: Josep de Rocabertí (1672/73-1716). Spanish Jesuit and teacher.

Assignment, 1622 print. text sheet This print is part of an album. paper letterpress printing

LITERATURA PORTUGUESA. CAMOENS, Luis Vaz de (1524-1580). Poeta portugués. "OS LUISIADAS". Epopeya dedicada al rey Don Sebastián, evocando las gestas ultramarinas de los portugueses, visión épica de la realidad histórica. Portada. Lisboa, 1631.

Verböczy, Stefan of.

Bookplate of Henryk Wilhelm Rosenberg. unknown, graphic artist

CRONICA DEL PERU - GRABADO DE CERRO Y VILLA DE POTOSI. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Rectangular cartouche with roll work, 1595 Rectangular cartouche with rolling and masks. The Cartouche is a fragment of a map of ancient Egypt. The print is part of an album. Antwerp paper engraving Rectangular cartouche with rolling and masks. The Cartouche is a fragment of a map of ancient Egypt. The print is part of an album. Antwerp paper engraving

ARITHMETICA DEMOSTRADA THEORIA Y PRACTICA - 1699. Author: JUAN BAUTISTA CORACHAN (1661-1741). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Cover of 'A letter to The Twelve Tonadilla'. Dated 18th Century

J.ROMAGUERA/ ATHENEO DE GRANDESA, 1681. BIBLIOTECA DE CATALUÑA. Museum: BIBLIOTECA DE CATALUNYA.

George Fabrice Things Misnicarum Books 7.

Atlas, map from 1623, Italy, intermediate title in atlas, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Title of the album Palazzi di Genova; Ryckemans, Nicolaes (Ca 1595-Fl. Ca 1616-1626), Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640); 1622 (1622-00-00-1622-00-00);

Italy, Jesi, frontispiece of The Conversion of Saint William of Aquitaine by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Abruzzo, Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia, S. Massimo, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

DIARIO LITERARIO DE MEXICO-12-3-1768. Author: ALZATE JOSE ANTONIO DE. Location: HEMEROTECA MUNICIPAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Title print with cartouche with title and edge with animals, in the middle of a monkey; Yacht scenes (part 2); Primo Libro di Caccie varie ..

DICCIONARIO DE LA LENGUA CASTELLANA - DICCIONARIO DE AUTORIDADES 1726. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728-1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764-99), Ticket: Lettered "Sei canzonette a due composte da Giovanni Christiano Bach", undated. Engraving.

Ladislaus Postumus, King of Hungary.

The Milliarium aureum; Colonna Detta Milliario Aureo; Modern and antique monuments and buildings in Rome; Ornamenti di Fabriche Antichi and Moderni Dell 'Alma Citta di Roma. The Milliarium Aureum (the Golden Milestone) was a Roman milestone on the Roman Forum in Rome, who indicated the point where all Roman roads would begin. Text in Italian and Latin in undermarge, in a cartouche and on the column. The print is part of an album.

Title Page of Zacchia's Quaestionvm medico-legalivm

Title Page from Cancionero General. Antwerp, Philip Nutius. Dated 1573

Italy, Bologna, frontispiece of Metastasio, pseudonym of Pietro Trapassi, Alexander in India

Titelblatt des Buches Phytanthoza iconographia, Historisches Pflanzenbuch, ein von 1734 bis 1745 in Teillieferungen veröffentlichtes Werk von Johann Wilhelm Weinmann, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert 1f-9492230

Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, title page (recto) 1610 Isabella Catanea Parasole Italian Designed by Isabella Catanea Parasole, Italian, ca. 1575-ca. 1625, published by Antonio Fachetti, Rome.From top to bottom, and left to right:Title printed in black with arms of Cardona and Aragon underneath, presumably the arms of Ioana de Aragon y Cardona, to whom this book is dedicated.. Fiore D'Ogni Virtu Per le Nobili Et Honeste Matrone, title page (recto) 661609

Open to Cornelius Dietrich Koch; Viro Magnifico Arque Summe Reverendo Cornelio Dieter Kochio. .

Gebhard, Jan .

PORTADA DE LA BIBLIA POLIGLOTA - IMPRESA EN AMBERES - 1569-1573 POR PLANTINO. Author: BENITO ARIAS MONTANO (1527-1598). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Epistolae responsoriae duae...

Portrait of emperor Philippikos; Les Images Presque de Tous les Emperurs. Portraits of Emperor Philippikos, on a coin with a peripheral. The print is part of a book about the emperors from Julius Caesar up to and including Charles V and his brother Ferdinand.

Portada del libro escolar Ortografía castellana, editado en Reus, año 1849.

Title Page from Geronimo Velazquez. Informacion. Granada. Dated 1622

Antwerp, Galle, Theodoor, Vredeman de Vries, Hans, Oval architectonic perspective views for intarsia, Variae Architecturae formae, Title print for a series of oval architectonic perspective views for intarsia. This print is part of an album., print, title page, album page, prints, height 161 mm, width 209 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1560 - 1562, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1527 - 1607, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1571 - 1633, publisher

Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876). Russian revolutionary anarchist. Philosophical considerations. Volume III. Cover page. Edited in Spanish, 1926. Buenos Aires. Translated by D.A. Santillan.

Palazzi di Genova. Title page of the first part with 'Palazzi Antichi'. This magazine is part of an album.

Rectangular cartouche with three scale sticks, 1608 Rectangular cartouche with a text and three scale sticks. The Cartouche is a fragment of a map of Lake Geneva. The print is part of an album. Antwerp paper engraving Rectangular cartouche with a text and three scale sticks. The Cartouche is a fragment of a map of Lake Geneva. The print is part of an album. Antwerp paper engraving

Title print with text and coat of arms; Ceiling paintings in the salon of the Palazzo Barberini; Barberinae Aulae Fornix. .

Opere del conte Jacopo Riccati, ..., title page, t. 2. Title pages. 1761. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Science, Mathematical physics, Differential equations

Vatican City, Innocent quarto), Modern buildings in Rome, Title print for a series of representations of palaces in Rome, Rome, Italy, Title in Italian in a frame. Print is part of an album., print, picture, album page, title print, prints, pictures, height 232 mm, width 348 mm, Italian, 1668 - 1729-11-16, print maker, printmaker, 1699 - 1699, second quarter 18th century, third quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1647 - 1729, publisher, 1615-06-13 - 1700-09-27, granter of privilege

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Title print with text and coat of arms, Anonymous, 1692 - 1762 print print maker: Italypublisher: Rome paper etching / engraving coat of arms (symbol of sovereignty)

Hortus Romanus juxta systems Tournefortianum paulo engrd. title page, V. 1. Bonelli, Giorgio, 1724-1803/4. Prints. 1772 - 1793. Rare Book Division. Plants, Flowers, Medicinal plants, Botany , Italy , Rome, Botany, Medical , Italy , Rome

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