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Lot 308 18TH-CENTURY SPANISH BOOKS
AND TRANSLATIONS OF SPANISH AUTHORS

[ALEMÁN, Mateo (1547-1615)]. Histoire de Guzman d'Alfarache, nouvellement traduite ... par M. Le Sage. Paris: E. Ganeau, 1732. 2 volumes, 12° (165 x 92mm). Engraved frontispiece, 16 engraved plates by J.B. Scotin, woodcut initials and head-pieces. (Without final blanks and a4 in vol. II, probably blank.) Red morocco by Cuzin, gilt supralibros, gilt spine-lettering, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1934.

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[ALEMÁN, Mateo (1547-1615)]. Histoire de Guzman d'Alfarache, nouvellement traduite ... par M. Le Sage. Paris: E. Ganeau, 1732. 2 volumes, 12° (165 x 92mm). Engraved frontispiece, 16 engraved plates by J.B. Scotin, woodcut initials and head-pieces. (Without final blanks and a4 in vol. II, probably blank.) Red morocco by Cuzin, gilt supralibros, gilt spine-lettering, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1934.

FINELY ILLUSTRATED EDITION, with plates by Scotin, the translation by Le Sage. Brunet I, 158. (2)