Record

PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries

Document Reference	Pw V 69
Title	Bound volume of historical records entitled 'Relacion y Memorias Historicas y Politicas' which involve Don Pedro Ronquillo, vol.1; n.d.
Date	1671-1691
Extent	477 pp
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Volume bears the title 'Parte Primera' gold stamped on the second panel of spine. This volume is the first in a set of four volumes. Volume consists of fair copies of historical records, mostly in chronological order, which involve Don Pedro Ronquillo.
Title Of Work	Relacion y Memorias Historicas y Politicas
Language	Spanish
ReprodnNote	Volumes from Pw V cannot be photographed by readers with their own camera or device, but reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only.
Physical Description	Folio volume Volume paginated from 1-477 Volume has 5 front flyleaves (contemporary with binding) and 2 back flyleaves (one contemporary with binding and one with copying).
Descriptive Features	Chainlines, about 23 mm apart (Type A, front flyleaf, f i) Watermark: Arms of Amsterdam, lions standing on double bar (Type B, front flyleaf, ff ii-iv) Countermark: Letters IVP (With Type B) Chainlines, about 23 mm apart (Type C, back flyleaf, f vi) Watermark: Post Horn within ornate shield, approx. 64 x 43 mm (Type D, pp 1-477) Countermark: Letters IS, approx. 12 x 18 mm (With Type D) One older hand One of a set of four volumes which share same binding characteristics; volume bound in brown Morocco leather on boards; upper and lower covers have no decoration at all; spine is divided into seven gold tooled panels from head to tail; top and bottom panels are taller than the remaining five panels; second panel is stamped as a label to indicate volume number, here described as 'Part'; besides this second panel, all panels consist of a central floral tool enclosed by a supplementary floral tool stamped to the left and right of the central oranment; each panel is surrounded by a double line and fillet. Top and bottom panels of spine are edged at head and tail with an ornamental leaf tooling; outer edges of bindings are also gold stamped with a section of this last leaf tool; volume has a uniform, multicoloured and speckled graphing on all edges; volume may have been bound in England. See Pw V 70-72 for other volumes in the set.
Watermark	Arms of Amsterdam
Watermark	Horn (ornate shield)
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