Aureum Opus regium privilegiorum civitatis et regni Valentie cum historia cristianissimi Regis Jacobi opsius, 1515. Valencia.
First edition, one of the finest early illustrated Spanish printings, partially printed in the Valencian language, containing the first printed text of the famous Catalan chronicle of King Jaume I (11218 – 1276), the part referring to the conquest of Valencia. The work then contains a list of royal and legal privileges written by the notary Luis de Alaya, who also borne the cost of printing; it is of considerable historical interest. “Ouvrage de la plus grande rarete” (Heredia).
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Folio, (302 x 220 mm). 28 ff., ccxlvii, 3 pp. Twentieth century stiff vellum, raised bands to spine, double gilt filled to boards, tooled in gilt, red lettering piece, somewhat dirty. Last leaves with loss at lower margin affecting a woodcut slightly, a1 remargined upper margin truimmed causing some loss, f. cxvii remargined, occasionally foxing and toning, overall good, numerous contemporary annotations and underlining, and in a 17th century hand.
One of Gumiel's finest books, of which the first part is the medieval Catalan chronicle of Jaime I of Aragon, conqueror of the Moors and founder of the Kingdom of Valencia. Gumiel was a peripatetic printer, working at Barcelona from 1494 to 1500, at Valladolid from 1502 to 1513 and finally at Valencia from 1513 until 1517.
Provenance: Dolphin Rare Books, by descent to the current owners.
Norton 1248; Patau 19670; Heredia 3214.
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