Caro, Antiguedades... de Sevilla, Seville, 1634, contemporary limp vellum

Property from the Collection of Carlos Alberto Cruz

Caro, Rodrigo

Antiguedades, y principado de la ilustrissima ciudad de Sevilla, y chorographia de su convento iuridico, o antigua chancilleria. Seville: Andrés Grande, 1634

folio (299 x 200mm.), engraved armorial on title-page, woodcut illustrations, contemporary limp vellum, occasional light browning or staining, lacking 2 pairs of ties

FIRST EDITION of this influential work on Seville's history and monuments by the antiquary, poet and priest Rodrigo Caro (1573-1647).

LITERATURE:

Palau 44846

PROVENANCE:

[plausibly the Sunderland library, old shelfmark N4.69 on inside front cover, bookplate removed; if so, sale, Puttick & Simpson, 1881-1883, lot 2400]; Williams & Norgate, Booksellers, Oxford, label at foot of title-page; Oswald Weigel, Leipzig, bookseller's ink stamp on inside front cover