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

Document Reference	Pw V 70
Title	Bound volume entitled 'Relacion y Memorias Historicas y Politicas' vol. 2; 1671-1691
Date	1671-1691
Extent	353 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Volume bears the title 'Parte Segunda' gold stamped on the spine. This volume is the second in a set of four volumes.
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 Pagination runs from 1 to 706. Volume has 1 front flyleaf (contemporary with binding) and 2 back flyleaves (one contemporary with binding and the other contemporary with copying).
Descriptive Features	Chainlines, about 23 mm apart (Type A, front flyleaf f i) Watermark: Monogram CC, 40 x 35 mm (Type B, back flyleaf f ii) Watermark: Post Horn within tall and narrow shield, approx. 72 x 44 mm (Type C, 30 ff of copied text on one type of paper) Countermark: Monogram DVE, approx. 12 x 26 mm (With Type C) Watermark: Post Horn within ornate shield, approx. 64 x 43 mm (Type D, last folio of blank text) Three further countermarks appear in volume: Countermark: Letters SB, 14 x 24 mm (Type E, several folios starting on p 61) Countermark: Letters IB, 12 x 20 mm (Type F, in a few folios) Countermark: Monogram HDVE, 10 x 47 mm (Type G, from p 673) One older hand One of a set of four volumes which share the 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 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 left and right of the central oranment; each panel is surrounded by a double line and fillet. Top and bottom panels of the 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 69, 71-72 for other volumes in the set.
Watermark	Monogram CC
	Horn
	Horn (ornate shield)
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	Identified in a set with Pw V 70