PRONTUARIO DE LAS REALES ORDENANZAS, Y SOVERANAS RESOLUCIONES RECOPILADAS EN EL. TODAS LAS OBLIGACIONES DE LAS CLASES SUBALTERNAS, DESDE LA DEL SOLDADO HASTA LA DEL CAPITAN INCLUSIVE, CON TODO LO NECESARIO, PARA EL CUMPLIMIENTO DE SUS DEBERES. PARA LA INS
Valdes, Francisco:
Price: 2500.00 USD
Manila: Carlos Francisco de la Cruz, 1806., [6],339pp., plus twenty-three leaves of instructions, forms, and tables bound in at rear (three of them loosely laid in, two of them having been roughly torn out). Contemporary vellum, manuscript title and small printed paper label on spine. Vellum worn, separated from textblock at front hinge, loosening at rear hinge. Old tideline in most of the text. Overall, good. A rare, virtually unknown, military manual for the use of Spanish troops in the Philippines. The text begins by describing the duties and requirements of all ranks, from common soldiers to sergeants, lieutenants, and captains. The subjects are very wide-ranging, covering rules for marches and formations, the display of the flag, requirements for military honors, regulations for hospital visits, and standards of horsemanship. Valdes is identified on the titlepage as being a Lieutenant in the battalion "Reyna Maria Luisa." Not in Medina's bibliography of Manila imprints (or in Retana's additions) or in Medina's bibliography of the Spanish in the Philippines. OCLC locates only a single copy, at the University of California, Berkeley. That copy gives a collation of 359 pages followed by another four pages, and does not note the unnumbered instructions and forms found at the rear of this copy. This copy appears to be textually complete with 339 pages. Rare. OCLC 17808617..
