Letters concerning the Spanish nation
Subtitle: written at Madrid during the years 1760 and 1761
Series: Making of the Modern World
Publisher: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt
Published: 1763
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Spanish Manuscripts; Catalogs; Civilization; Politics and government; Description and travel; Economic conditions; Intellectual life; Sources
Notes: Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 09826.

Includes bibliographical references.

Higgs, H. Bibl. of economics 3056
Table of contents: title: Preface.; title: Historical introduction.; title: i. Journey from London to Madrid.; title: ii. The state of religion in Spain.; title: 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.; title: 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.; title: v. State of measures and weights.; title: vi. Views of the state.; title: 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.; title: 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.; title: ix. Description of the city of Toledo.; title: x. Description of the city of Segovia.; title: xi. Some account of the antiquities at Corduba, Seville, Cadiz, Granada, Saguntum, Taragona, and Barcelona.