Libro historico politico, Solo Madrid es corte, y El cortesano en Madrid [...] [3rd ed.].

4to: [24]-549-[1] pp. (somewhat short, a few ff. with larger tables folded at fore-edge, occ. unobtrusive dampstaining).

Cont. mottled calf (sl. rubbed and warping), richly gilt spine on 5 raised bands with red label (head def.), red edges, marbl. endpapers, blue silk marker. Very good copy.

Third edition (1st 1658) of a political and historical treatise on Madrid and the Spanish court by the historian Núñez de Castro (1627-1695). Title in red & black. Text in 2 cols. Ref. Palau 197141. - Goldsmith (BL) N-89. Prov. "Bibliothecae Colbertinae" (on title old ownership entry), i.e. the great collection of the French statesman Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), listed as lot 9112 in the 1728 auction catalogue. Joined: Nadal, Jayme - Himno realista compuesto y dedicado a la Reina nuestra Sa. [...]. [N.pl., n.d., c. 1820]. Folio: 3-[1] pp., entirely engr. music and text (folded). Rare hymn by the Spanish composer Nadal (1793-1848). Ref. Escribano Sierra (Guerra y revolución. Música española 1788-1833) 379. (2 vols)