Libro de las grandezas de la espada, en que se declaran muchos secretos del que compuso el Commendador Geronimo de Carrança : en el qual cada vno se podra licionar y deprender a solas sin tener necesidad de maestro que le enseñe
1600
CityMadrid
PublisherHeirs of Juan Iñíguez de Lequerica
PrinterLicenciado Várez de Castro
Format4°
Pages[23], 319, [9] leaves, [1] leaf of plate
Dimensions20 cm
Madrid, 1599-1600. Gelli notes variant copies, a woodcut title frame, portrait, and abundant diagram woodcuts, and frames the work as a major but deeply polemical destreza monument. Thimm also preserves the fuller title-page wording for this same witness.
Vigeant 1882, pp. 99-100: Madrid, por los herederos de I. Iniguez de Lequerica, 1600. In-4 with woodcut title-frontispiece, author portrait, two woodcuts outside the text, and numerous small woodcuts within the text; copies vary, some with the master's portrait and an ornate title.
Quality phase 101n: final residual explicit imprint linked; ambiguity was retained where the source does not distinguish agent role or place.
Catálogo Colectivo del Patrimonio Bibliográfico Madrileño and Museo Canario descriptions checked in quality phase 162 (2026-08-15): [23], 319, [9] leaves plus one portrait leaf; quarto, 20 cm; title border, author portrait and diagram woodcuts. Colophon identifies Licenciado Várez de Castro as printer.
BNE exact-manifestation review (2026-09-18): BNE R/12148 confirms Madrid, 1600, the heirs of Juan Íñiguez de Lequerica and Licenciado Várez de Castro. The copy has an armorial title, engraved initials, author portrait and woodcut diagrams; BNE also records a variant issue in the preliminary gatherings.
