GIOVIO, Paolo (1483-1552). Libro de la vida y chronica de Gonçalo Hernandes de Cordoba ... traduzida en romance castellano por Pedro Blas Torrellas. Antwerp: Gerardo Spelmanno, 1555. 8° (142 x 90mm). (Some soiling, closed worm track to bottom margin of most gatherings.) 20th-century reversed calf. Provenance: purchased from Librería Puvill, 1957.
Second Antwerp edition of this translation of the life of Gonzalo de Cordoba, the effective and influential general known as 'The Great Captain'. RARE ON THE MARKET. The Peeters-Fontainas copy in worn contemporary calf sold for £320 in 1978. Peeters-Fontainas 640; Salvá 3461; Palau VI, 125410.
GIOVIO, Paolo (1483-1552). Libro de la vida y chronica de Gonçalo Hernandes de Cordoba ... traduzida en romance castellano por Pedro Blas Torrellas. Antwerp: Gerardo Spelmanno, 1555. 8° (142 x 90mm). (Some soiling, closed worm track to bottom margin of most gatherings.) 20th-century reversed calf. Provenance: purchased from Librería Puvill, 1957.
Second Antwerp edition of this translation of the life of Gonzalo de Cordoba, the effective and influential general known as 'The Great Captain'. RARE ON THE MARKET. The Peeters-Fontainas copy in worn contemporary calf sold for £320 in 1978. Peeters-Fontainas 640; Salvá 3461; Palau VI, 125410.
