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ALFONSO XI. Chronica del muy esclarecido Principe e Rey don Alfonso el Onzeno. Valladolid: Medina del Campo, 1551.
2° in eights (280 x 190mm.). A-Y8 Z10, 186 leaves. Text in two columns, Gothic letter. Title in red and black within typographic border, set below large woodcut portrait of Alfonso XI mounted on a horse, portrait with two small blank shields with later? woodcut cypher of a tree and a sheaf of corn, imprimatur with large woodcut initial P, numerous smaller woodcut initials throughout, invocation with decorative woodcut surround. Red morocco, spine labelled in gilt, broad gilt inner dentelles incorporating roll-tool head motif, g.e., by Chambolle-Duru, marbled free endpapers, modern marbled slipcase.
A fine copy. Palau 64896.
2° in eights (280 x 190mm.). A-Y8 Z10, 186 leaves. Text in two columns, Gothic letter. Title in red and black within typographic border, set below large woodcut portrait of Alfonso XI mounted on a horse, portrait with two small blank shields with later? woodcut cypher of a tree and a sheaf of corn, imprimatur with large woodcut initial P, numerous smaller woodcut initials throughout, invocation with decorative woodcut surround. Red morocco, spine labelled in gilt, broad gilt inner dentelles incorporating roll-tool head motif, g.e., by Chambolle-Duru, marbled free endpapers, modern marbled slipcase.
A fine copy. Palau 64896.