Description
Beautiful facsimile edition in 4 volumes of a selection of works of the Spanish picaresque literary genre, by the Publishing House of the Friends of the Bibliophile Circle, Barcelona, 1977. Texts in old Spanish.
This collection of facsimile works of the Spanish Picaresque has been published in an extraordinary edition in 4 beautiful volumes bound in hardcover in editorial red leather fully stamped in gold on both sides and spine. Golden upper cut. Guide tape. Format 14.5 x 21 cm. Special paper laid with the watermark of the Círculo del Bibliofilo.
Volume I: 536 pages containing the works:
Dreams and speeches of discovering truths of abuses, vices and deceit, in all trades and states of the world. By Francisco de Quevedo Villegas (1580-1645). Edition of Valencia 1628.
Fortune with brains and Everyone’s time. By Francisco de Quevedo Villegas. Zaragoza edition 1651.
Volume II: 542 pages containing the works:
The life of Lazarillo de Tormes and his fortunes and adversities. Anonymous. Third edition in Anvers 1554.
The lame devil, novel of the afterlife. By Luis Velez de Guevara (1579-1644). First edition in Madrid 1641.
Volume III: 558 pages containing the works:
Story of the life of the Buscón called Don Pablos, example of vagabonds and mirror of stingy. By Francisco de Quevedo Villegas. First edition in Zaragoza 1626.
First part of Life and Facts of the rogue Guzmán de Alfarache. By Mateo Aleman (1547-1614). Antwerp edition 1736 enriched with 10 plates by Bouttats.
Volume IV: 578 pages containing the works:
Second part of Life and Facts of the rogue Guzmán de Alfarache. By Mateo Alemán. Antwerp edition 1736 enriched with 6 plates by Bouttats.
La Celestina, or tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea. By Fernando de Rojas (1470-1541), Valencia Edition 1541.
Edition numbered and limited to 1,499 copies.
Complete copy and in very good condition.
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