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John Barclay's Argenis, transl. by José Pellicer de Salas (1626)

Undoubtedly, Argenis, novel and political treatise alike, was one of the books that proliferated in the Spanish libraries of the Golden Age. Its style…
Venus, Cupid and Mars (c. 1580)
A mythological painting by Paolo Veronese (c. 1528 - 1588). It was presented to Charles Stuart during his visit to Valladolid city on 16 September 1623. On display at the National Galleries of Scotland: National, Edinburgh.
Samson Slaying a Philistine (1560-1562)
An early marble group by Giovanni Bologna (1529-1608). It was presented to Charles Stuart during his visit to Valladolid city on 16 September 1623. On display at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Verdadera relación de la entrada del Príncipe Don Carlos de Inglaterra en la Corte de Madrid (1623)
A Spanish relación about the entry of Charles Stuart, Prince of Wales, to the Court in Madrid, 13 March 1623, printed in Madrid.
Daniel Finan ('Daniel y Finan'), Dioc. Tuam. Irish student at the University of Valladolid, 1588.
Entry for 8 Dec 1588. UVa Matriculation Book, AUVa-LIB 33, 1588-1601. Subject: Law.
Sarpi’s Historia (1619), UVa Library, F/Bc Viñas 3982. Title-page.
Title-page of the first edition of Sarpi’s 1619 Historia del Concilio Tridentino (fol. a1),
Philip O’Sullivan-Beare's Patritiana decas (1629). Ff. 85v-86r
The tradition of attributing the victory in the battle of the Alporchones to the intercession of St. Patrick is owed to Philip O'Sullivan Beare, one of the hundreds of Irish exiles who took refuge in Spain during the 17th century after Kinsale. How…
Mercator's Atlas minor (1628). Map 35: Irlandia
This small and abridged version of Mercator’s Atlas, the Atlas minor, is by Joost de Hondt. It was published to supply those who had some purchasing power, but not enough to buy the Atlas in the large format, and .. . Despite its size, the engraving…