Sancha - Año 1820. Raro Elogio de la Reina Católica Doña Isabel por Diego Clemencín. 56 páginas. Real - 1820

Magnificent and scarce printed copy of 56 pages on laid paper with original deckle edges, titled “Eulogy of the Catholic Queen Doña Isabel.” The work was read at the public meeting held by the Royal Academy of History on July 31, 1807, and published in Madrid in 1820 at the celebrated Sancha printing house, an undisputed benchmark of Spanish Enlightenment typography.

Its author, D. Diego Clemencín (“a full member” of the Royal Academy of History), was one of the most distinguished polymaths, Cervantists, and liberal politicians of nineteenth-century Spain. A minister and author of landmark works of national historiography, Clemencín offers in this text a passionate and scholarly tribute to the reign of Isabella the Catholic, her political character, the culmination of the Reconquest of Granada, and the feat of the Discovery of the New World.

A bibliographic milestone with a fascinating historical background: Although read before the Academy in 1807—on the eve of the outbreak of the French invasion and the Peninsular War—it was formally and independently printed in this emblematic year of 1820, coinciding with the beginning of the Liberal Triennium. Its pages recount stirring episodes of the Queen’s tenacity during the siege of Baza, the exploits of the Great Captain and the knights of the Reconquest, making it a fundamental text for understanding the construction of Spanish historical memory.

Excellent piece, carefully selected.

Ideal for collectors, lovers of antique paper and history, and anyone looking to decorate a space with charm.

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