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[SPANISH SCHRAUBTALER.] Constitucion politica de la monarquia Española. [Spain, ca 1820].
73 round paper discs, 65 mm diameter, comprising two discs pasted together and joined with silk tape (most silk tape broken). Original copper-gilt case, medallion portrait of Ferdinand VII on the top, title on the back. Provenance: purchased from H.P. Kraus, 31 October 1956.
This is a printing of the 1812 Constitution adopted by the Spanish Cortes then sitting at Cadiz, most of the country then being under French rule. Ferdinand VII repudiated it in 1814 on his return to Spain because of its limitation of the powers of the monarch. A revolutionary government imposed the Constitution in 1820 and it was finally abrogated in 1823. Here each disc is formed of two round pieces pasted together and joined by silk tape, as in a German Schraubtaler. The text runs along the upper sides, continuing on the lower sides at disc 73; thus, no. 1 contains the beginning of the text on the front and the end of the text on the reverse. Not in Palau.
73 round paper discs, 65 mm diameter, comprising two discs pasted together and joined with silk tape (most silk tape broken). Original copper-gilt case, medallion portrait of Ferdinand VII on the top, title on the back. Provenance: purchased from H.P. Kraus, 31 October 1956.
This is a printing of the 1812 Constitution adopted by the Spanish Cortes then sitting at Cadiz, most of the country then being under French rule. Ferdinand VII repudiated it in 1814 on his return to Spain because of its limitation of the powers of the monarch. A revolutionary government imposed the Constitution in 1820 and it was finally abrogated in 1823. Here each disc is formed of two round pieces pasted together and joined by silk tape, as in a German Schraubtaler. The text runs along the upper sides, continuing on the lower sides at disc 73; thus, no. 1 contains the beginning of the text on the front and the end of the text on the reverse. Not in Palau.