Republicas del mundo
Subtitle: Divididas en tres partes
By: Ordenadas por F. Hieronimo Roman, frayle professo de la Orden de S. Augustin, y su coronista general, natural de la ciudad de Logroño
Edition: Esta obra, Christiano lector, sale corregida y censurada por el Expurgatorio del Santo Officio. Y examinada por diuersos hobres doctos. Y tambien uan añadidas enesta segunda impression diuersas republicas, que nunca han sido impressas. Y estan añadidas las demas republicas, y casi hechas otras de nueuo / por el mesmo author. Con sus tablas muy copiosas.
Publisher: En casa de Iuan Fernandez. M. D. XCV.; A costa de Ioan de Tertii mercader de libros.
Published: 1595
Place of publication: En Salamanca
Language: spa
Number of pages: 435
Subjects: World history; Church history
Notes: Originally published Medina del. Campo, 1575. 2 v.

Title pages for v. 2-3 read: Segunda [-Tercera] parte de las Republicas del mundo. Imprint for both volumes: En Salamanca, en casa de Iuan Fernandez. M. D. XCV.

Vignette on title pages (in v.1 engraved): Coat of arms of Philip II of Spain.

Colophon v.2: En Salamanca, en casa de Diego Cosio. Año. 1594; colophon v.3: En Salamanca, en casa de Juan Fernandez, 1594.

Four sections in v.3 have special illustrated title pages, but continuous foliation and signatures, with imprint: En Medina del Campo. Por Sanctiago del Canto impressor de libros. Año. D. M. XCIIII. [sic] at leaf [21]; En Medina del Campo. Año. D. M. XCIIII. [sic] at leaf [44]; and with no imprint at leaves 67 and 99. Leaves [20] recto and 43 recto have a vignette, representing a printer's device, with monogram P.C.

Several variants are known. Apparently each of the title pages exists in two states, with the addition of the publisher in the imprint (as described for v.1) or without it. Another variant has a title page for v.3 that agrees with that of v.1, including the title, engraved vignette and imprint. The designation for the volume follows the edition statement: Tercera parte. Yet another variant of v.3 has the foliation 245-252 for the first group of numbered leaves in that volume.

Signatures: v.1: [paragraph]⁸ ²[paragraph]-2[paragraph]⁴ A-E⁸ (-E4-E8) F-G⁸ (-F1) H⁶ I-3H⁸ (3H7+chi) 3I⁶ (2[paragraph] 4 verso, 3I6 verso blank); v.2: [paragraph]⁴ *⁴ A-3G⁸ 3H⁶ ([paragraph] 4 verso, 3H6 verso blank); v.3:

Signatures Xx-Xx4 in v.3 corrected in ink to A-A4; leaf numbers 346-352 in this same gathering corrected in ink to 2-8; leaf number 345 corrected by paste-over "Fol. 1" (in most copies). Leaf [2] of first gathering in v.3 signed.

Numerous errors in foliation.

Errata (v.1: leaves [15] verso-[16] recto = 2 [paragraph] 3 verso - 2 [paragraph] 4 recto; dated at end: En Salamanca, oy. 19.dias de Octubre, del año. M.D.CXIIII. [sic] [i.e. 1594]

Includes index.

Volume 3 contains: Libro primero [-tercero] de la Republica de los Indios Occidentales (leaves 125-191)

European Americana 595/64.

Streit, R.  Bib. missionum, 1:211.

Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.) 276582.

John Carter Brown Library copy, bound in contemporary vellum, imperfect: Imprint on title page of v.1 partly cut off at bottom; leaf 347 of v.3 (corrected in ink to 3) damaged on top right (recto) and top leaf (verso), with slight loss of text (repaired with paper strips and text restored in ink); in v.1, leaf 385 is pasted to leaf 386, resulting in loss of text of leaves 385 verso and 386 recto; the text thus lost is available in facsim. The last leaf of v.2 has a contemporary inscription.