[Carmina Iacobi Valerii, Mediolanensis. In natalem serenissimi principis Hispaniarvm]
Contributors: Ticknor, George, 1791-1871, former owner
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1629
Place of publication: S.l
Language: lat
Number of pages: 18
Other titles: Ticknor Library of Spanish and Portuguese Literature.
Notes: "These verses, Latin and Italian, by Jacobus Valerius, of Milan, were, I suppose, written on the birth of Balthasar, the first-born prince and heir Philip IV, October 1629... The present copy is one which the author presented with his autograph inscription to Alfonso Carrera of the Council for Italian affairs at Milan. The birth of Balthasar is recorded in Florez's Reynas catolicas, Tom. II, 2a. Edicion, 1770, p. 944. It was a matter of great rejoicing, as none but princesses had been born the nine years of the marriage of Philip IV with  Isabella, daughter of Henry IV, of France, until the birth of Balthasar."--MS note from George Ticknor. It is possible that the autograph inscription mentioned above is a copy of a printed dedication to be found in a perfect copy of this work.--Ticknor catalog.

Cataloged from BPL catalog card.

Whitney, J.L. Catalogue of the Spanish Library and of the Portuguese books bequeathed by George Ticknor to the Boston Public Library (1879 edition), page 385

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy D.150.46 bound in half red goatskin. Bibliographical inscription in the hand of George Ticknor at front. Contemporary manuscript dedication(?) page at front.

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Ticknor Collection copy cataloging project, 2019.