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BARCELONA 1700 -- ROCABERTI, Joseph. Lagrimas amantes de la Excelentissima Ciudad de Barcelona, con que Agradecida a las Reales Finezas, y Beneficios, demuestra su Amor, y su Dolor, en las Magnificas Exequias, que celebrò á las Amadas, y Venerables memorias du su difunto Rey y Señor, Don Carlos II . Barcelona: Juan Pablo Marti, 1701.
BARCELONA 1700 -- ROCABERTI, Joseph. Lagrimas amantes de la Excelentissima Ciudad de Barcelona, con que Agradecida a las Reales Finezas, y Beneficios, demuestra su Amor, y su Dolor, en las Magnificas Exequias, que celebrò á las Amadas, y Venerables memorias du su difunto Rey y Señor, Don Carlos II . Barcelona: Juan Pablo Marti, 1701. 4 o (193 x 145 mm). 8 folding plates, that of the catafalque engraved by FRANCISCO GAZAN after JOS. VIVES, the other letterpress, one printed in red and black (the catafalque plate with several repaired tears crossing image, several other plates with short tears). (Some pale browning and staining.) Contemporary Spanish limp vellum (some soiling). Provenance : Joanne Posa College (early inscription on front free endpaper). This unusual funeral ceremony for CHARLES II (1661-1700), King of Spain, contains texts done in calligrams, labyrinths and other graphically striking forms. These come beside more standard descriptions of the proceedings and the gigantic catafalque erected. In one, the text of the Latin distich "Mors rapuit Carolum" (Death has snatched Charles), the text is organized in a diamond-shaped pattern. Palau 271658 (not mentioning the table at p.226); Salvá 355 (calling for 7 folding plates only). [ Bound with: ] ROCABERTI. Oracion funebre... de Don Carlos II . Barcelona, 1700. 4 o.