Lot 87
Aleman (Mateo) The Rogue: or the Life of Guzman de Alfarache, third edition, 1634.
Estimate: £500 - 700
Description
Aleman (Mateo) The Rogue: or the Life of Guzman de Alfarache, third edition, woodcut devices and decorations on titles, woodcut initials and headpieces, lacking final blank but with all others present, the odd f. weak at foot with some tearing, X2 and 2R1 with small hole affecting 1 or 2 letters, 2H2 and 3A3&4 supplied from another, shorter copy, last gathering becoming loose, occasional light browning, ink inscription to title, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, some splitting to joints ends, spine ends chipped, corners bumped, [STC 291], by R.B., 1634.
⁂ Popular Spanish picaresque romance, written by a member of of Philip II's government.
Provenance: Edward Simeon (ink inscription); Lawrence Strangman (bookplate).
Description
Aleman (Mateo) The Rogue: or the Life of Guzman de Alfarache, third edition, woodcut devices and decorations on titles, woodcut initials and headpieces, lacking final blank but with all others present, the odd f. weak at foot with some tearing, X2 and 2R1 with small hole affecting 1 or 2 letters, 2H2 and 3A3&4 supplied from another, shorter copy, last gathering becoming loose, occasional light browning, ink inscription to title, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, some splitting to joints ends, spine ends chipped, corners bumped, [STC 291], by R.B., 1634.
⁂ Popular Spanish picaresque romance, written by a member of of Philip II's government.
Provenance: Edward Simeon (ink inscription); Lawrence Strangman (bookplate).
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