THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF LAZARILLO DE TORMES. Translated from the Spanish of de Mendoza by Thomas Roscoe (with) THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF GUZMAN D'ALFARACHE or THE SPANISH ROGUE by Mateo Aleman Translated by John Henry Brady.
by MENDOZA, Don Diego Hurtando de. / ALEMAN, Mateo
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
London: J.C. Nimmo and Bain., 1881. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, two volumes bound in brown cloth over bevelled boards, spines titled in gilt, floral endpapers. The first translation into English of this two picaresque Spanish novels, the Aleman is translated from the French edition of le Sage. With Eight original etchings by R. de Los Rios. Previous owner's name in ink, dated 1937, a bit of scattered foxing, light chipping to cloth at spine tips but overall a very good set.
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- Thompson Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 692
- Title
- THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF LAZARILLO DE TORMES. Translated from the Spanish of de Mendoza by Thomas Roscoe (with) THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF GUZMAN D'ALFARACHE or THE SPANISH ROGUE by Mateo Aleman Translated by John Henry Brady.
- Author
- MENDOZA, Don Diego Hurtando de. / ALEMAN, Mateo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition in English
- Publisher
- J.C. Nimmo and Bain.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1881
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Historical Fiction;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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