[Charles V, King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor]:

CAROLI.RO.REGIS. RECESSVRI ADLOCUTIO IN.CONVENTV.HISPANIARUM

      [Augsburg? 1520]. [Augsburg? 1520].. [4]pp. Small quarto. Later plain paper boards. Marginal tears and old fold marks with slight discoloration, else very good. "After the death of Ferdinand II, Charles V succeeded to the Kingdom of Spain. In 1517 he proceeded to Spain, which he left in 1520. At his departure he was very unpopular; he made this speech when he left and said, 'That he did not see the happy faces with which he had been received.' He also mentions America in the following words: 'He might have been satisfied with the Spanish Empire, the Balearic Islands and Sardinia, the Kingdom of Sicily, Italy and a large part of Germany and Gaul, AND THAT OTHER GOLD-BEARING WORLD" - Maggs. EUROPEAN AMERICANA locates only two copies, at The New York Public Library and the Bibliotheque Nationale. There is also a Rome edition, of which a copy is located at Harvard. The present copy appears to be the only one offered for sale in this century. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 520/17. MAGGS BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA I:33 (this copy). PALAU 44419. ROTHSCHILD 3137.