Rare and Finely Bound Edition of Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes

Rare and Finely Bound Edition of Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes

VIDA DE LAZARILLO DE TORMES. CORREGIDA, Y EMENDADA. Zaragoza: Por Pedro Destar, a los señales del Feniz, 1520 (i.e. 1620). La Primera Parte bound together in one volume with [Juan de Luna]. SEGUNDA PARTE, DE LA VIDA DE LAZARILLO DE TORMES, SACADA DE LAS CORONICAS ANTIQUAS DE TOLEDO. Zaragoza (i.e. Paris): Pedro Destar, a los señales del Feniz, 1620. First edition. Gilt paneled leather, gilt stamped spine with raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. 12mo; a6 A-E12; a6 A-G12; [12], 120pp.; [12], 168pp. Roman type with italic; text in Spanish. With bookplate of Don Ricardo Heredia on front paste-down. USTC 347197.
5 11/16 x 3 1/8 in.
Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes, or The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes is a Spanish novel first published in the mid 16th century. It was published anonymously, and the author remains unknown and debated by scholars. The book was written from the first person and is considered the first picaresque novel. Due to its criticism it was banned during the Spanish Inquisition.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
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Condition Report: A very good copy; corners and head of spine lightly rubbed; interior lightly toned with scattered foxing. An extremely rare edition of this influential novel bound together with the first edition of Juan de Luna's continuation.