Extent: 1 volume ([4], 464 leaves) : paper, illustrations ; 31 x 22 cm
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Various hands, in black ink (title page ruled in red). Text on both sides of leaves. Numerous marginalia indicating years. Illustrations: 2nd prelim. fol.: Version of the coat of arms of Melilla: blue shield with two baskets checkered red-gold), out of which crawl ten snakes each. The border shows the arms of Castile and Leon (a golden castle on red and a lion on white). Above the shield a... Bound in full 19th century calf, spine gilt; gilt red morocco spine label: Illustrassiones de la cassa de Niebla. The first part contains 6 books, which end at f. 331, covering the year 1540. The ending (f. 329-331) is a section of the verses (159-186) of the epic poem Laberinto de Fortuna by Juan de Mena. The second part (f. 333-438) contains 31 chapters. The third part covers f. 439-458. Fol. 458v-464v pertains to a separate author. Cortijo maintains that the remaining document was written by an... Watermark: ovoid figure with circumscribed and crowned cross. Later published as: Illustraciones de la casa de Niebla. [Madrid : Imprenta nacional, 1857] (cf. Palau 24552). Part of: Fernán Núñez collection. Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, MS UCB 143 v.30. Original shelfmark: C28-c7.
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