[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce 1st Latin ed. of an Elzevir Press study of the Spanish Empire. 1640

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(ELZEVIR PRESS) Campanella, Tommaso. DE MONARCHIA HISPANICA: Discursus. Amsterdam: No pub. (i.e., Ludovicus Elzevirius). 1640. 12mo. (12),560pp. Elzevir device of a globe on the title page. Orig. vellum, hand lettered spine, a bit soiled.	$850.00 (trade discount allowed)
The scarce first Latin edition of this study of the Spanish empire. There are 2 states of the Elzevir printing – there is also a reprint published in 1640, of 415pp. and printed in Harderwyck – one with the printer named in the imprint, and ours without the printer's name. The text contains references to Florida and the Spanish Indies. See Willems 967 for a discussion.


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