Luis Cabrera de Córdoba's Filipe Segundo, rey de España (1619). Part I. Title page

Luis Cabrera de Córdoba's Filipe Segundo, rey de España (1619). Part I. Title page

For the Spaniards, the long reign of Queen Elizabeth turned out to be a source of humiliation and outrages. The persecution of Catholics, the promotion of rebellion in the Netherlands, the detention of their treasure ships, the fall of the Armada, were episodes of an undeclared war between the two nations that lasted over thirty years (1585-1604). This estampa by P. Perret (1619), which serves as the title page of Luis Cabrera de Córdoba's chronicle of his kingdom, presents King Philip II in full armour defending the True Religion against heretics.

Luis Cabrera de Córdoba, Filipe Segundo, Rey de España (En Madrid: por Luis Sanchez, 1619)

CCPB, 000037786-4

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Estampa. Rare book. [8], 1176 [i.e. 1182], [60] pp.; Fol.