Aforismos de las cartas españolas y latinas del sabio político Antonio Pérez, secretario de Estado que fue del Rey de España D. Phelipe Segundo de este nombre; y allende de esto algunas cartas á sus amigos y hija
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1473
Author
Pérez, Antonio, ca. 1540-1611
Title
Aforismos de las cartas españolas y latinas del sabio político Antonio Pérez, secretario de Estado que fue del Rey de España D. Phelipe Segundo de este nombre; y allende de esto algunas cartas á sus amigos y hija
Short title
Aforismos de las cartas españolas y latinas
Statement of responsibility
Antonio Pérez
Place of publication
Madrid
Publisher
Not identified
Series
Not identified
Printer
Oficina de Hernandez Pacheco
Date
1787
Imprint (isbd)
Madrid: Oficina de Hernandez Pacheco, calle de los Tudescos, 1787
Language
Spanish
Tirage
Part one; no special edition or limited issue stated
Collation
107 pages visible in the reviewed images; possible incomplete or composite volume
Illustrations
None
Format
Approximately octavo
Dimensions
Not determined
Typographic signatures
Not verified in the supplied images
Paper type
Laid paper
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Letterpress printing with perceptible impression
Binding type
Contemporary full leather binding
Colours
Brown
Decoration
Gilt tools on spine; handmade marbled endpapers
Spine
Spine with label and gilt decoration
Content description
Collection of maxims, sentences and political reflections extracted from the Spanish and Latin letters of Antonio Pérez; also includes letters addressed to friends and to his daughter, constituting an important testimony of late Renaissance Hispanic political and moral thought
Note 1
Antonio Pérez was secretary to Philip II and a key figure in sixteenth-century Spanish politics
Note 2
His writings circulated widely throughout Europe and saw numerous reprints
Note 3
Copy with old binding and handmade marbled endpapers
Note 4
The images show the end of “tercera parte” but the title page of “parte primera”, suggesting a possible composite binding or missing volumes
Note 5
The imprint mentions calle de los Tudescos, Madrid
Main subject
Spanish Golden Age political and moral thought
Subsubjects
Antonio Pérez; political aphorisms; Spanish epistolary literature; moral literature; Hispanic monarchy; Spanish political history; post-Baroque thought
Shelfmark
1473
Condition
Fair-good for an eighteenth-century work; rubbing to covers and spine; scattered stains and oxidation; worn corners; slight surface losses to the leather
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Completeness cannot be guaranteed; possible irregular composition of the volume