Seville. Festival Pamphlets.

Seville, 1761-1763.

           THESE THIRTEEN FESTIVAL PAMPHLETS DOCUMENT THE 1761-3 CELEBRATIONS IN SEVILLE honoring the Immaculate Virgin, newly established as the patroness of Spain and its colonies in 1761 by King Carlos III. They record prayers, processions, poetry (including a poem to be read in multiple directions), services and events. The lavish decor is meticulously described: imported flowers and fabrics, plaques, effigies, monuments, altars, gems, emblems and AN OPTICAL ILLUSION USING A SERIES OF MIRRORS TO CREATE THE ZODIACAL HOUSES FOR SPECTATORS TO GUESS WHERE THE TRANSIT OF VENUS WOULD APPEAR (I). The pamphlet bound first includes a folding woodcut map of the festival site, which the approbation notes is AN UNUSUAL INCLUSION FOR BOOKS OF THIS GENRE. Another (IIX) contains SIX PAGES DEPICTING THE REBUSES AND WORD PUZZLES FEATURED WITHIN THE DECORATIONS  with their solutions following. Two festivals celebrated architectural renovations, the first (VII) of the Capuchin convent’s church buildings (destroyed by a fire during the 1761 festivities) and the second (IIX) of the Archconfraternity of the Coopers Guild’s chapel and hospital for sick and disabled members. A QUARTER OF THE TREATISES MAKE REFERENCES TO THE AMERICAS, including sourcing silver from Potosí.
            In good condition (some browning, old adhesive, paper flaws, some smudges, I, IV & XIII shaved close and affecting two lines of text in XIII, one bifolium loose (VI), slight worming), bookplate of the Junta Delegada Del Tesoro Artístico (dissolved 1939) with the name T’serclaes, likely the bibliophile, writer and historian Juan Pérez de Guzmán y Boza, duque de T’serclaes de Tilly (1852-1934), whose collection was dispersed by his heirs.
            Contemporary speckled and brushed vellum (some wear, some separations in text block), manuscript title on spine, evidence of four leather ties.

I. Seville. Brotherhood of Our Father Jesus Nazarene and Holy Cross of Jerusalem.
            Astronomia Mariana.  Seville, [J. de Castilla 1761]. 4to (192 x 142 mm.). Engr. frontis, [xxxvi], 44p. and folding woodcut plate of calle de armas (white line signature of “Gacinto Niño”), one full-page ornate engraving depicting Christ and the Virgin Mary (Diego de San Roman y Codina), twenty-four text woodcuts, one bifolium of manuscript indices bound at the front of the volume.

With: II. Zacarias, Domingo Maximus. C.R.M.        1704-1775.
            Oracion Panegyrica.  Seville, [J. de Castilla 1761]. 4to. [xii], 24p.

With: III. Cárdenas Gónzalez, Antonio Urbano.        1723-1769.
            Sermon Panegyrico.  Seville, [J. de Castilla 1761]. 4to. [xii], 51, [1 blank]p.

With: IV. Seville. Franciscan Order.
            Agradable Mapa, Descripcion Compendiosa, Que Ofrece Relacionadas Las Celebres Funciones.  Seville, J. Padrino 1761. 4to. 36p.

With: V. Seville. Brotherhood of the Holy Rosary.
            Festivos Cultos, Que Consagrò La Devota Congregacion De Maria Santissima De La Concepcion.  Seville, J. Padrino 1761. 4to. [vi], 81, [1 blank]p. One text woodcut of a crab and a puzzle incorporating woodcut music.

With: VI. Seville. Franciscans. Third Order.
            Breve Noticia De Las Solemnes Funciones.  Seville, M.N. Vázquez 1761. 4to. 40p.

With: VII. Arenzana, Donato de.        fl. 1763-1789.
           Descripcion De Las Magnificas Fiestas.  Seville, J. de Castilla 1763. 4to. [viii], 71, [1 blank]p.

With: IIX. Seville. Archconfraternity of the Coopers Guild.
            Resumen Puntual De La Sumptuosa Funcion.  Seville, J. de Castilla [1762]. 4to. [viii], 54p. forty-seven text woodcuts of decorations including rebuses and emblems, one with a white-line inscription.

With: IX. Cabrera, Miguel.        fl. 1761-2.
            Oracion Panegyrica. [?Seville], s.n. [1762]. 4to. Engr. frontis., [xxiv], 35, [1 blank]p. Extra-illustrated with an engraving of the arms of Francisco de Solís Folch de Cardona, Archbishop of Seville (1713-75) (255 x 1887 mm.; Diego de San Roman y Codina).

With: X. Seville. Franciscan Order.
            Nuevas Sacradas Coplas En Honor De Maria Santissima nuestra Señora.  Seville, M.N. Vázquez c. 1761. 4to. [viii]p. Woodcut headpiece of the Virgin Mary within a rose.

With: XI. Domonte Ortiz de Zúñiga, Luisa María.        fl. 1731-1779.
            Una Señora Sevillana, en elogio de las sumptuosas Fiestas.  Seville, J. Padrino c. 1761. 4to. 16p.

With: XII. Seville. Jesuit Order.
            Victor Con El Que Un Afecto à la Sagrada Compañìa de Jesus exclamó en las tres classicas Funciones, que tuvo ésta en los dias 6. 7. y 8. de Septiembre.  Seville, [J. de Castilla] 1761. 4to. 8p.

With: XIII. Seville.
            Relacion De Las Solemnes Fiestas… en el mes de Agosto.  Seville, [J. de Castilla] 1761. 4to. 12p.

Aguilar Piñal, Bibliografía de autores españoles del siglo XVIII IX: 304 (I), I: 157 (II), II: 1675 (II), I: 2350 (VII) & IX: 5637 (IIX). 

Aguilar Piñal, Impresos Sevillanos del siglo XVIII 669 (I), 667 (II) 668 (IV), 670 (VI), 1953 (X), 674 (XII) & 672 (XIII).

Escudero y Perosso, Tipografía Hispalense: Anales bibliográficos de la ciudad de Sevilla 2427 (I), 2428 (III), 2426 (IIX) & 2687 (XI). 

Palau, Manual del librero hispano-americano 19161 (I), 378612 (II), 90903 (V), 263028 (IIX) & 309128-9 (XI).

Serrano y Ortega, Glorias Sevillanas 43 (I), 46 (IV), 48 (V), 50 (VI, same pagination but different collation, likely an error), 44 (IIX), 53 (XI), 52 (XII) & 42 (XIII). 

Ad I: Valverde Pérez, Actos de precisión: instrumentos científicos, opinión pública y economía moral en la ilustración española 258-60.

Ad VIII: Portús, “Imágenes De Cordel” in Palabras Para El Pueblo ed. Viana I: 404-6; Cea Gutiérrez, “El pliego en verso de tema religioso como perpertorio devocional público y privado” in Palabras II: 213-4. 

Ad XI: Serrano y Sanz, Apuntes para una biblioteca de escritoras españolas I: 814.

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