El Diablo cojuelo : nueva version castellana ;; edicion de lujo ; con 125 Grabados en madera por una sociedad de artistas by [Guevara, Luis Velez de] - 1844

Madrid: Establecimiento Tipografico de D. F. de Mellado. -- Editor", 1844. Segunda edicion (stated). Hardcover. A legitimately deaccessioned ex-library copy with very minimal markings; (only a bookplate to front paste-down and circulation slip to front free endpaper) ; no spine label. From a graduate seminar library ; circulated just once. A few stamps to a few leaves. All in all, Very Good(+) to Near Fine(-) thus, with very light wear to boards. Small tear to upper corner of a single page.. Octavo in quarter calf with raised bands and gilt title with red leather spine label; sewn binding; floral endpapers; 312p., indice de materias (TOC); numerous small b/w illus throughout. Uncommon in this relatively early edition. An early fantastic novel, with the Devil as a main character.