ROJAS VILLANDRADNO, Agustín de (1572-1625). El viage entretenido. Lerida: Hieronymo Margarit y Luys Menescal, 1611. 12° (150 x 92mm). Arms of Lerida on title, woodcut initials. (Paper fibre a little weak from washing, title with small corner repairs, short tear to Ff7, corner repair to Ii, some residual stains and marks.) Maroon morocco by Brugalla, blind-panelled sides with gilt supralibros, gilt spine-lettering, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: José Porter, 1952.
HIGHLY RARE third edition of this celebrated picaresque novel, partly in verse, following the editions of 1603 and 1604. Based on his experiences as a strolling player from ca. 1600 to 1603, Rojas's novel is regarded as 'one of the most entertaining books in all Spanish literature' (OCSL). RARE. No sale of the first three editions recorded in on-line ABPC or AE. No copy of this third edition located in BNE or WorldCat. Goldsmith R-208; Salva I, 1383; Palau XVII, 275699.
ROJAS VILLANDRADNO, Agustín de (1572-1625). El viage entretenido. Lerida: Hieronymo Margarit y Luys Menescal, 1611. 12° (150 x 92mm). Arms of Lerida on title, woodcut initials. (Paper fibre a little weak from washing, title with small corner repairs, short tear to Ff7, corner repair to Ii, some residual stains and marks.) Maroon morocco by Brugalla, blind-panelled sides with gilt supralibros, gilt spine-lettering, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: José Porter, 1952.
HIGHLY RARE third edition of this celebrated picaresque novel, partly in verse, following the editions of 1603 and 1604. Based on his experiences as a strolling player from ca. 1600 to 1603, Rojas's novel is regarded as 'one of the most entertaining books in all Spanish literature' (OCSL). RARE. No sale of the first three editions recorded in on-line ABPC or AE. No copy of this third edition located in BNE or WorldCat. Goldsmith R-208; Salva I, 1383; Palau XVII, 275699.
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