Lopez de Ayala, I. Historia de Gibraltar

Madrid, Antonio de Sancha, 1782. 1st ed. (64),387,(1) p. Fold. engr. map, "Nueva vista de Gibraltar". Contemp. marbled calf, gilt dec. on ribbed spine, marbled paper pastedowns and flylvs. Sm. 4to.

Handwritten note on title-p., stating date and price of the work bought by André Laville (1891), stamp from Laville's library on some p. Covers sl. worn, occas. foxing. History of Gibraltar by the author, historian and astronomer Lopez de Ayala (1745/50-89). It finishes before the Great Siege of Gibraltar in 1782 during which the French and Spanish armies took back the city from the British, who had owned it since 1704.