Vida y Virtutes de la serenissima senora Da. Maria Ana, Reyna de Portugal, y Los Algarves, Princesa Real de Hungaria, y Bohemia, y Archiduquesa de Austria, etc. Trans. from the Latin by Joseph Guerra.
by RITTER, Joseph, S.J
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Madrid, Antonio Marin, 1757. With engr. portrait of Maria- Anna by Josef Flipart. 12 unn. leaves (incl. title), 282 pp. 8vo. Contemp. red morocco, wide border around sides formed of 2 different flower stamps, spine richly gilt, e.g., gilt heraldic supralibros with the arms of Maria-Barbara of Portugal, Queen of Spain. Madrid, Antonio Marin, 1757. First edition in Castellan of a biography of Maria-Anna of Austria (1683-1754), Queen of Portugal, daughter of Emperor Leopold I of Austria. She was married to King John V (the Magnanimous) of Portugal, whose reign was marked by a long period of peace. Written in Latin by the Jesuit Joseph Ritter (1698-1761), her confessor, the work was initially published in Latin by Trattner in Vienna in 1756. This biography was commissioned by her daughter Maria-Barbara of Portugal (1711-1798), married to Ferdinand VI, King of Spain, to whom it is dedicated, and whose arms adorn the binding.- Fine typography, printed on heavy stock, in a beautiful binding. - Sommervogel VI, 1877; Palau 269578. BINDINGS ; PORTUGAL ;
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- Vida y Virtutes de la serenissima senora Da. Maria Ana, Reyna de Portugal, y Los Algarves, Princesa Real de Hungaria, y Bohemia, y Archiduquesa de Austria, etc. Trans. from the Latin by Joseph Guerra.
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- RITTER, Joseph, S.J
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- Madrid, Antonio Marin
- Date Published
- 1757
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