A volume in 4º (25.5 x 19.8 cm) with the three chronicles bound together in antique parchment.
They are part of Colección de Crónicas y Memorias de los Reyes de Castilla de Sancha.
The most interesting, no doubt, of all three is the account of Ruy González de Clavijo, ambassador of Henry III of Castile, who entrusted him with a mission before the court of the Great Khan Timur with the intention of creating an alliance to fight against the Ottoman Turks.
I: VIII pp. including the title page, 2 table sheets, 236 pp.
II: XIII pp. including the title page, 248 pp.
III: VIII pp. including the title page, 95 pp.
Good copy, clean and with the original binding. Minor bookworm signs, not affecting the text, on some sheets.
Handwritten inscription from previous owner a the cover back of the first work, which shows through.
Palau, 73771
- Object
- Book
- Number of Books
- 1
- Subject
- Chronicles, Middle Ages, Orient, History
- Author/ Illustrator
- Díez de Games, Gutierre, González de Clavijo, Ruy y Llaguno Amirola, Eugenio
- Book Title
- Crónica de D. Pedro Niño. Historia del Gran Tamorlán. Sumario de los Reyes de España
- Condition
- Very good
- Publication year oldest item
- 1781
- Publication year youngest item
- 1782
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Language
- Spanish
- Original language
- Yes
- Publisher
- Madrid, Antonio de Sancha
- Binding/ Material
- Vellum
- Number of pages
- 579
- Dimensions
- 255×198 mm