Sub specie aeternitatis

Antonio Perez, the brilliant but erratic secretary to Philip II of Spain, became in the years of his exile a political agent in the service of the Earl of Essex, arriving at the Court of Queen Elizabeth in 1593. On behalf of Essex, who valued him as a friend, a partner and a humanist scholar, he cast an intelligence network over Italy; and he made a striking, though dangerous, contribution to the Essex cult.

Esta edición constituye la primera compilación de la obra escrita de Francisco Laso (1823-1869), uno de los pintores más complejos del siglo XIX, pero también una de las figuras públicas más representatives de su generacíon.

This book is virtually the only source of knowledge concerning its author's early life. He was born in Montemor-o-Velho some ten or twelve years before the death of King Manuel in December 1521. About the time of the latter event he to Lisbon and intered 'the service or relatives.'

"Peter Pan" is a great and refining and uplifting benefaction to this sordid and money-mad age."--Mark Twain.