Ximénez, Andrés.

Estimate

2,000 - 2,500 GBP

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Description

Descripcion del real monasterio de San Lorenzo del Escorial: su magnifico templo, panteon y palacio: compendiada de la descripcion antigua, y exornada con nuevas vistosas laminas. Madrid: Antonio Marin, 1764

folio (300 x 210mm.), title-page printed in red and black, engraved medallion portrait of the dedicatee Carlos III, 18 engraved plates (most folding), woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, contemporary Spanish red morocco gilt, dentelle border composed of urns, leafy fronds and small floral tools, arms of Carlos III, King of Spain (1716-1788), reigned from 1759-1788, spine gilt in compartments gilt edges, a few leaves lightly spotted, 3 plates detached, slight worming in lower margins of last few leaves, small paper flaw in upper margin of title-page, spine damaged at head, sides rubbed, endpapers renewed

Literature

Palau 376974; Berlin Catalogue 2767

Catalogue Note

first edition. As Ximenez acknowledges on the title-page, he made use of Francisco de los Santos's earlier Descripcion breve del monasterio de S. Lorenzo del Real del Escorial, which was first published in 1657.