Raymundo Abad de Fitero, 1653.

4to: [19, 1 bl.]-112 ff. (toned, some marginal staining and spotting, tear in a2).

Cont. vellum, flat spine titled in ink, mod. endpapers and suede ties. Good copy.

Rare treatise by the Portuguese scholar Mascareñas (1611-1671) on the Order of Calatrava, founded in the 12th c. by St Raymond of Fitero (d. 1163), as a military branch of the Cistercian family. It played an important part in the Reconquista. Ref. Palau 157000. - Almirante 492. - Not in Goldsmith (BL). Prov. Libr. stamp.