Description:
Rodríguez, Cristóbal (1677-1738) Bibliotheca Universal de la Polygraphia Espanola. Madrid: Marin, 1738 Large folio, in sheets, incomplete, lacking the frontispiece and portrait, part one only, illustrated with engraved vignette and initial on the first leaf of the dedication, other engraved initials, woodcut vignettes, and other text illustrations, some close to full page, never sewn, deckle edges throughout, housed in a custom clamshell box, 17 x 12 in.
Estimate $400-600
A-P2, [para]-6[para]6.
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