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MIRAVALL Y FLORCADELL, Vicente de. Tortosa ciudad fidelissima y exemplar. Motivos que el Rey ... Felipe el Grande ... ha tenido para concederla estos gloriosos Titulos: en premio de la Lealtad que ha mostrado en las Alteraciones de Cataluña. Madrid: Imprenta del Reyno, a costa de Tomas Alfay, 1641. 4° (201 x 141mm). Engraved frontispiece by Juan de Noort. (Title with several filled holes causing loss of a few letters, these supplied in pen-and-ink facsimile, G2 with corner repair, some browning and spotting.) Brown morocco by Miquel Rius, 1930, gilt-panelled sides filled with floral designs and two perching birds, gilt spine compartments, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: Matheu Canglada (signature on title) -- bought from José Porter, 1957.
MIRAVALL Y FLORCADELL, Vicente de. Tortosa ciudad fidelissima y exemplar. Motivos que el Rey ... Felipe el Grande ... ha tenido para concederla estos gloriosos Titulos: en premio de la Lealtad que ha mostrado en las Alteraciones de Cataluña. Madrid: Imprenta del Reyno, a costa de Tomas Alfay, 1641. 4° (201 x 141mm). Engraved frontispiece by Juan de Noort. (Title with several filled holes causing loss of a few letters, these supplied in pen-and-ink facsimile, G2 with corner repair, some browning and spotting.) Brown morocco by Miquel Rius, 1930, gilt-panelled sides filled with floral designs and two perching birds, gilt spine compartments, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: Matheu Canglada (signature on title) -- bought from José Porter, 1957.

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MIRAVALL Y FLORCADELL, Vicente de. Tortosa ciudad fidelissima y exemplar. Motivos que el Rey ... Felipe el Grande ... ha tenido para concederla estos gloriosos Titulos: en premio de la Lealtad que ha mostrado en las Alteraciones de Cataluña. Madrid: Imprenta del Reyno, a costa de Tomas Alfay, 1641. 4° (201 x 141mm). Engraved frontispiece by Juan de Noort. (Title with several filled holes causing loss of a few letters, these supplied in pen-and-ink facsimile, G2 with corner repair, some browning and spotting.) Brown morocco by Miquel Rius, 1930, gilt-panelled sides filled with floral designs and two perching birds, gilt spine compartments, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: Matheu Canglada (signature on title) -- bought from José Porter, 1957.

FIRST EDITION of this much respected historical work on the cathedral city of Tortosa. 'Por más siglos que pasen, se leerá siempre con igual atractivo ....' RARE IN COMMERCE in Palau's view. No sale recorded in on-line ABPC or AE. Goldsmith M-410; Palau IX, 377.

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