Primera parte de la miscelanea austral
By: de don Diego D'Avalos y Figueroa, en varios coloquios. Interlocutores, Delio, y Cilena. Con la Defensa de damas
Contributors: Ternaux-Compans, Henri, 1807-1864; Flores de Quiñonez, Pedro
Publisher: Por Antonio Ricardo
Published: 1602
Place of publication: Impresso en Lima
Language: spa
Number of pages: 219
Notes: Vol. 1 in prose and verse; vol. 2 in verse.

Title of vol. 2: Defensa de damas / de don Diego D'Aualos y Figueroa, en octaua rima, diuidada en seis cantos, donde se alega co[n] memorables historias. Y donde florecen algunas sentencias, refutando las que algunos philosophos decretaron contra las mugeres, y prouando ser falsas, con casos verdaderos, en diuersos tie[m]pos succedidos. Impresso en Lima por Antonio Ricardo. M.DCIII.

There is some question as to whether the Primera parte de la Miscelanea austral was originally issued separately from or conjointly with the Defensa de damas. Medina maintains that we are dealing with two separate works (13, 15). Vargas Ugarte, however, treats them together as a single work. Inasmuch as the title page of the Primera parte de la Miscelanea austral refers to the Defensa de damas and because the former includes "Erratas de la Defensa de damas", it would seem that we are dealing with a single work printed in two parts. However, this does not preclude the possibility that some copies of vol. 1 circulated in advance and therefore separately from the subsequently printed vol. 2.

Signatures of Miscelanea austral: [par.] [cross]-2[cross] A-2D 2E (-2E4) 2A (Signatures [cross]2, 2[cross]2 and 2[cross]5 missigned [cross]3, 2[cross]3 and 2[cross]4) ([par.]1, 2[cross]8 versos blank)

Signatures of Defensa de damas: pi1 [par.] A-K chi1 ²chi1 ([pi1 verso blank)

Leaves [43], [143], [159], [179], and [185] of Miscelanea austral misnumbered 39, 142, 153, 176, and 183.

Initials.

"Erratas dela primera parte de la Miscelanea austral" (leaf [2] [1st count], copy 1; leaf [3] [1st count], copy 2); "Erratas de la Defensa de damas" (leaf [3] recto [lst count]. copy 1; leaf [5] recto [1st count], copy 2)

Includes index ([8] leaves at end)

JCB Lib. cat. pre-1675, II:13-14.

Medina, J.T. Lima, 13, 15.

Sabin 2469.

Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) 19966.

Vargas Ugarte, R. Bib. peruana, 20.

Provenance of John Carter Brown Library copy 1: Henri Ternaux-Compans: initials on binding and bib. record.

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 lacks Defensa de damas. Has ms. inscription on title page: "Ex libris Doctoris Joannis Michaelis [undecipherable]." Preliminaries of Miscelanea austral bound in different order than copy described in Medina and Vargas Ugarte (see collation comparison in bibl. file). Leaf 135 enumerated in ms. Ms. correction of text on leaf 173 verso. Right edge excessively trimmed with some loss of text.

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund.

Provenance of John Carter Brown Library copy 2: "Pedro Flores de Quiñones": inscription on t.p. and verso of dedication leaf.

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 includes Defensa de damas. Bound in contemporary vellum. Preliminaries of Miscelanea austral bound in different order than copy described in Medina and Vargas Ugarte. Also differ from copy 1 (see collation comparison in bibl. file). Leaf 135 not enumerated. Index to Miscelanea austral and Defensa de damas bound at end of Defensa de damas. Has book brand marks "S F" on top and bottom edges, possibly corresponding to Convento de San Francisco. Contemporary glossing in ms. on various leaves. Graffiti on t.p. of Miscelanea austral. Also grafitti on t.p. of Defensa de damas and verso of index at end. Foxed. Various leaves of Miscelanea austral and Defensa de damas torn and mended; text somewhat affected.