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Chronica de la Provincia de S. Antonio de los Charcas, del Orden de Nro. Seraphico P.S. Francisco en las Indias Occidentales, Reyno del Peru GOOGLE TRANSLATION: Chronicle of the Province of S. Antonio de los Charcas, of the Order of Nro. Seraphico P.S. Francis in the West Indies, Reyno del Peru
Mendoza, Diego de · Madrid
- Author
- Mendoza, Diego de
- Date
- c.1664
- Place
- Madrid
- Publisher
- Matriti s.i.
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Large 4to. Period full vellum, lettered by hand on spine, leather loops but missing attachment buttons, edges speckled. Inserted substitute title in elegant cursive hand. Spanish text in two columns. tailpieces, marginal notes. Vellum rippled showing some soiling; dampstaining throughout although text remains legible, last 3 leaves with extensive repairs around edges (at least one of which is the cut edge of a recycled manuscript), some uneven trimming.
- Format
- "The date of publication is sometimes given as 1664, on the basis of the date given on the t.p., but the "Fee de erratas" is dated 29 Jan. 1665 (leaf a7 verso) and the aprobaciones are dated 25 Jan. and 1 Feb. 1665, respectively (leaves b4 verso and b5 verso). Regardless of whether the date of publication is given as 1664 or 1665, this work was printed only once, not originally printed in 1664 and reprinted in 1665." Worldcat. A scarce chronicle of the history of the Franciscan missions within the Real Audiencia of Charcas, a province which included locations in Peru, Bolivia, and Paraguay. OCLC/WorldCat cites only 3 copies. A first edition copy was last seen at auction in 1953. Institutional plate from Harvard University with embossments from Harvard and the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass on tipped-in substitute title and leaves. Lacks engraved title page by Pedro Villafranca Malagón and one or more leaves at rear. Some leaves at beginning likely absent as well. OCLC listings indicate a pagination as follows: [30], 601, [6] p. Sabin 47835. Deaccessioned Harvard University copy. Donated to the South American collection by Archibald Cary Coolidge (Professor of History at Harvard College, the first Director of the Harvard University Library, a scholar in international affairs, a member of the United States Foreign Service, and editor-in-chief of the policy journal Foreign Affairs) and Clarence Leonard Hay (son of John Hay, Secretary of State) to commemorate the Pan American Scientific Congress held in Santiago, Chile in 1908. From the library of Luis Montt (son of Manuel Montt Torres, and brother of Pedro Montt Montt, both Presidents of Chile).
- Category
- History & Americana
- Record
- S.I.4685
Fuller Title: Chronica de la Provincia de S. Antonio de los Charcas, del Orden de Nro. Seraphico P.S. Francisco en las Indias Occidentales, Reyno del Peru
Trans: Chronicle of the Province of S. Antonio de los Charcas, of the Order of Nro. Seraphico P.S. Francis in the West Indies, Reyno del Peru.
Large 4to. c.1664 Mendoza, Diego de. Madrid: Matriti, s.i.. Period full vellum, lettered by hand on spine, leather loops but missing attachment buttons, edges speckled. Inserted substitute title in elegant cursive hand. Spanish text in two columns. tailpieces, marginal notes. Vellum rippled showing some soiling; dampstaining throughout although text remains legible, last 3 leaves with extensive repairs around edges (at least one of which is the cut edge of a recycled manuscript), some uneven trimming.
"The date of publication is sometimes given as 1664, on the basis of the date given on the t.p., but the "Fee de erratas" is dated 29 Jan. 1665 (leaf a7 verso) and the aprobaciones are dated 25 Jan. and 1 Feb. 1665, respectively (leaves b4 verso and b5 verso). Regardless of whether the date of publication is given as 1664 or 1665, this work was printed only once, not originally printed in 1664 and reprinted in 1665." Worldcat. A scarce chronicle of the history of the Franciscan missions within the Real Audiencia of Charcas, a province which included locations in Peru, Bolivia, and Paraguay. OCLC/WorldCat cites only 3 copies. A first edition copy was last seen at auction in 1953. Institutional plate from Harvard University with embossments from Harvard and the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass on tipped-in substitute title and leaves. Lacks engraved title page by Pedro Villafranca Malagón and one or more leaves at rear. Some leaves at beginning likely absent as well. OCLC listings indicate a pagination as follows: [30], 601, [6] p. Sabin 47835. Deaccessioned Harvard University copy. Donated to the South American collection by Archibald Cary Coolidge (Professor of History at Harvard College, the first Director of the Harvard University Library, a scholar in international affairs, a member of the United States Foreign Service, and editor-in-chief of the policy journal Foreign Affairs) and Clarence Leonard Hay (son of John Hay, Secretary of State) to commemorate the Pan American Scientific Congress held in Santiago, Chile in 1908. From the library of Luis Montt (son of Manuel Montt Torres, and brother of Pedro Montt Montt, both Presidents of Chile).
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