ALEMAN, Mateo (1547-1615). Primera parte de la vida del picaro Guzman de Alfarache. Brussels: Juan Mommarté and Rutgerio Velpio, 1600. 8° (146 x 82mm). Title device, woodcut initials, tail-piece on M3v. Extra-illustrated with the woodcut arms of Fran. Godef. Troilo as frontispiece. (Frontis. with closed tear and repair at foremargin.) Maroon morocco by Brugalla, 1940, gilt super-libros, gilt title-lettering, turn-ins and edges.
EARLY EDITION of a picaresque work which quickly became famous throughout Europe, part one first appearing in 1599 and the second part in 1604. Foulché-Delbosc 12; Palau 6679.
ALEMAN, Mateo (1547-1615). Primera parte de la vida del picaro Guzman de Alfarache. Brussels: Juan Mommarté and Rutgerio Velpio, 1600. 8° (146 x 82mm). Title device, woodcut initials, tail-piece on M3v. Extra-illustrated with the woodcut arms of Fran. Godef. Troilo as frontispiece. (Frontis. with closed tear and repair at foremargin.) Maroon morocco by Brugalla, 1940, gilt super-libros, gilt title-lettering, turn-ins and edges.
EARLY EDITION of a picaresque work which quickly became famous throughout Europe, part one first appearing in 1599 and the second part in 1604. Foulché-Delbosc 12; Palau 6679.
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