Tratado y discurso sobre la moneda de vellon : que al presente se labra en Castilla y de algunos desordenes y abusos

Name:

Mariana, Juan de, 1536-1624

Timespan:

Philip III, 1598-1621; Early works to 1800

Date:

1799

Description:

Treatise on monetary policy, the devaluation of currency, and the limits on the king's power in these matters, written in 1609 and printed the same year in Cologne. Translated into Spanish by the author from his original in Latin. Chapter titles include El rey no puede vajar la moneda de peso o de ley sin la voluntada del pueblo (f. 13v); De los valores que tiene la moneda (f. 17r); El fundamento de la contratacion es la moneda, pesos y medida (f. 21r); and Los inconvenientes q[ue] hay en acuñar esta moneda (f. 28r).

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea (inscription, f. i, 1903; bookplate inside upper cover).; Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner.

Subject:

Money -- Spain -- Early works to 1800; Coinage -- Spain -- Early works to 1800; History; Coinage; Money

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); treatises; Manuscripts, Spanish; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

88 leaves : paper; 214 x 152 mm bound to 218 x 159 mm

Geographic Subject:

Spain -- History -- Philip III, 1598-1621 -- Early works to 1800; Spain

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Jesuit priest and historian.; Title from title page (f. 2r).; Foliation: Paper, i + 88 leaves + iii; [i, 1-87]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Layout: Written in 18-19 long lines.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Watermark: Similar to Valls i Subirá, Elias, 315.; Binding: 19th-century calf (Zacour-Hirsch).; Origin: Written in Madrid in 1799.; Spanish.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1361