Book/Printed Material Image 1 of Conquista de las Islas Malucas al rey Felipe III N[uestr]o S[eñ]or

Title

• Conquista de las Islas Malucas al rey Felipe III N[uestr]o S[eñ]or

Other Title

• Conquista de las Islas Malucas al rey Felipe Tercero
• Conqvista de las islas Malvcas al rey Felipe III No. Sor
• Conqvista delas islas Malvcas alrey Felipe III No. Sor

Summary

• This is the first edition, published in Madrid in 1609, of a work that recounts in detail the struggle among Portugal, Spain, and local kings and sultans for control of the Maluku (Moluccan) Islands in the 16th century. Also called the Spice Islands, the Maluku are part of present-day Indonesia. Among the individuals who figure in the story are the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the English privateer Sir Francis Drake, and King Tabariji of Ternate. The author of this work, Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola (1562-1631), was a priest who served as a royal chaplain and the rector of Villahermosa, Spain. Known for its elegant style, the work includes discussions of the natural history, language, manners, and customs of the native peoples of the islands. It later was translated into English, French, and German. World Digital Library.

Names

• Leonardo de Argensola, Bartolomé, 1562-1631
• Azara, José Nicolás de, marqués de Nibbiano, 1730 or 1731-1804, former owner
• Harford, Joseph, 1741-1802, former owner
• Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, 1559-1625, annotator
• Killigrew, Charles, 1655-1724 or 1725, former owner
• Martin de Balboa, Alonso, active 1603-1613, printer
• Perret, Pedro, 1555-1625, engraver
• Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
• Southeast Asian Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• En Madrid : Por Alonso Martin, año MDCIX [1609].

Headings

• -  Maluku (Indonesia)--History
• -  Philippines--History--1521-1812
• -  Spain--Madrid

Notes

• -  Engraved title in architectural border features a coat of arms and an allegorical female figure, with caption "Maluca," wearing a headdress, holding a horn of plenty and seated on a crocodile; the hilly landscape in background includes an erupting volcano. Cartouche below depicts a lion with caption: Liuori. Engraving signed: P. Perret sculp. Regis fec.
• -  Errors in pagination: p. 156-160 misnumbered 158-162; 177-192 misnumbered 179-194, p. nos. 316-319 repeated.
• -  First edition. Cf. H.P. Kraus. Sir Francis Drake; a pictorial biography, 1970, p. 205, no. 33.
• -  LC Copy 1 in worn marbled paper over boards, brown leather spine has red spine label with gilt title, decoration and LC stamps in gilt on spine, faded red edges. Has ink stamp: Library of Congress, City of Washington, 1867. Text block trimmed slightly but with no loss of text.
• -  Ornamental initials, head-pieces, tail-pieces.
• -  Printed marginalia in italics.
• -  Signatures: [par.]⁵ A-2B⁸ 2C⁶.
• -  Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake: a pictorial biography, no. 33
• -  Leclerc, C. Bibliotheca Americana, 2002
• -  Medina, J.T. Bibliografía española de las Islas Filipinas (1523-1810), 48
• -  Palau y Dulcet, A. Manual del librero hispano-americano (2. ed.), 16089
• -  Pérez Pastor, C. Bibliografía madrileña, 1046
• -  Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 1946

Medium

• [12], 407 (i.e. 411) p. 30 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• DS646.6 .L56
• DS646.6 .L56 Copy 2. Gift of Hans P. and Hanni Kraus. In contemporary mottled calf (rebacked) with raised bands and red leather spine label, gilt title and gilt rules on spine; simple decorative frames stamped on front and back covers; red, blue, yellow, green and white marbled-paper endpapers in a combed pattern. Has armorial bookplate of Joseph Harford; also annotations and inscription facing engraved title page: Joseph Harford, Bristol 1780. From the library of Sir Charles Killigrew with his autograph on first page of text.
• DS646.6 .L56 Copy 3. LC Copy 3 in vellum over boards, gilt spine title, all edges sprinkled red. Has ink stamp on first leaf of text: Dn. Jph Nicolas de Azara. Heavily annotated throughout by Leonardo de Argensola's contemporary and rival, Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (1559-1625), "chronicler of the Americas and Castile" under Kings Phillip II and III of Spain.

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbdk.d033

Library of Congress Control Number

• 05008857

Online Format

• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/05008857

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