TARSIA, Paolo Antonio de (fl. mid-17th century). Vida de Don Francisco de Quevedo Villegas. Madrid: Pablo de Val, a costa de Santiago Martin Redondo, 1663. 12° (140 x 89mm). Title with typographical border, a few woodcut initials, other type ornaments. With preliminary blank. (Browning to some leaves including quire I, I4 with marginal repairs, I8 with small stain at top margin, K4 mended with loss of one word recto and verso, L3 with closed tear through eight lines causing slight loss.) Red morocco by Brugalla, 1952, gilt supralibros, gilt turn-ins and edges. Provenance: bought from José Porter, 1952, then rebound.

TARSIA, Paolo Antonio de (fl. mid-17th century). Vida de Don Francisco de Quevedo Villegas. Madrid: Pablo de Val, a costa de Santiago Martin Redondo, 1663. 12° (140 x 89mm). Title with typographical border, a few woodcut initials, other type ornaments. With preliminary blank. (Browning to some leaves including quire I, I4 with marginal repairs, I8 with small stain at top margin, K4 mended with loss of one word recto and verso, L3 with closed tear through eight lines causing slight loss.) Red morocco by Brugalla, 1952, gilt supralibros, gilt turn-ins and edges. Provenance: bought from José Porter, 1952, then rebound.

FIRST EDITION of the first biography of Quevedo, which includes his remarkable letter to Don Antonio de Mendoza on his fear of death. Goldsmith T-33; Palau XXII, 328074.