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(INQUISITION).

Auction 32 · Lot 137

(INQUISITION).

Estimate
$400–$600
Hammer price
Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

printer

Roque Rico de Miranda

Place

Madrid

Publication

1680 (i.e. 1820)

Description

OLMO, JOSÉ VICENTE DEL. Relacion Histórica del Auto General de Fe que se celebró en Madrid este año de 1680. Con asistencia del Rey N. S. Carlos II... Refiérense con curiosa puntualidad todas las circunstancias de tan glorioso triunfo de la fe..... Va inserta la estampa de toda la perspectiva del teatro, plaza y balcones.[“Historical Report of the General Auto da Fe which was celebrated in Madrid this year of 1680 attended by King Charles II....”]

summary

Records of a public session of the Spanish Inquisition in Madrid in 1680, containing the names of several tens of men and women accused of “Judaizing.” See E. Van der Vekene, Bibliotheca Bibliographica Historiae Sanctae Inquisitionis, I (1982), no.683, p.173
pp. xix,(1),76,83,(1). Few light stains, neat repairs to small tears along folds of map. Morocco-backed marbled boards. Front board detached, spine missing. 4to. Sold not subject to return
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