Letters concerning the Spanish nation / written at Madrid during the years 1760 and 1761. By the Rev. Edward Clarke ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, Edward, 1730-1786.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts.

Catalogs.

Spain.

Spain--Catalogs.

Genre:

Publishers' advertisements -- Great Britain -- 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, xlix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 354 pages ; 27 cm (4to)

Place of Publication:

London : T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1763.

Contents:

Preface.

Historical introduction.

I. Journey from London to Madrid.

II. The state of religion in Spain.

III, pt. I. Of the government of Spain, the Cortes, or parliament, its laws, tribunals, courts of iudicature, etc. pt. II. Councils, halls, and tribunals.

IV. pt. I. State of literature, letters, and men of learning in Spain. pt. II. State of physic, poetry, etc. pt. III. Catalogue of Spanish authors.

V. etc. pt. III. Catalogue of Spanish authors.

V. State of measures and weights.

VI. Views of the stage.

VII, pt. I. Description of the bull-feast, exhibited on the present king's public entry, July 15, 1760. pt. II. Burial, grandees, king's public entry.

VIII, pt. I. Description of the Convent of St. Laurence, commonly called the Escurial. pt. II. Catalogue of the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew manuscripts in the library of the Convent of the Escurial.

IX. Description of the city of Toledo.

X. Description of the city of Segovia.

XI. Some account of the antiquities at Corduba, Seville, Cadiz, Granada, Saguntum, Taragona, and Barcelona.

XII. A list of the land and sea forces, in the year 1760, with an estimate of their annual expence. The salaries of the great officers. Pensions paid out of the finances. Of the revenues.

XIII. A short view of the commerce and manufactures of Spain, so far as they relate to Great Britain

XIV. An account of the Spanish money.

XV. The state of agriculture.

XVI. To the Reverend Dr. Kennicott, concerning the Hebrew manuscripts in Spain.

XVII. Don Gregory Mayan's epistle to C. C. Pluer, on the present state of the Hebrew and Arabic learning in Spain.

XVII. The same to the late Sir Benjamin Keene, containing a full account of the Complutensian Polyglott.

XIX. Of the royal family, and court of Spain.

XX. Journey from Madrid to Lisbon, and thence to London.

Notes:

Publishers' advertisements: p. [7]-[8] (1st count).

Errata: p. [1] (3rd count).

OCLC:

185066504