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THE ROGUE: or THE LIFE OF GUZMAN DE ALFARACHE Written in Spanish by Matheo Aleman, servant to his Catholike Majestie, and borne in Sevill.
by Aleman, Mateo (1547-1614?) [translated by Don Diego Puede-ser, i.e. James Mabbe (1572-1642?)]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed [by Eliot's Court Press and George Eld] for Edward Blount (1623) & Robert Allott (2nd part 1633)., 1623 and 1633. Hardcover. Very Good. Woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. . Folio (29x20cm) bound in near contemporary leather, neatly re-backed with gilt spine title, tips bumped. Two Parts in 1 Volume, [24], 267, [17], 357pp. Second part has separate pagination and title page dated 1633 with "Printed by R.B. for Robert Allott". Cuttings from 3 old catalogue entries with armorial bookplate "Nicholas Dobree of Guernsey" on front pastedown, old parchment with early MS script used in binding showing at front and back of book, endpapers heavily browned, ownership "J Smith" at top of title, pages throughout crisp & clean but foxed at edges, ownership signatures of Henry Hatcher dated 1637 on back of 2nd titlepage. *Identification of Eliot's Court Press from STC (2nd ed.), 288. The translator James Mabbe (1571/2-1642?) spent years in Spain from 1611 as secretary to Sir John Digby, and in 1622 his friend Edward Blount first published this translation of Alemn's work. In 1623, the same year as this 2nd printing, a poem by Mabbe appeared in the Shakespeare first folio, which was also published by Edward Blount in 1623. The typeface, format and paper of this book are remarkably similar to those of the first folio. Referenced by: STC (2nd ed.), 289.
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- Abbey Antiquarian Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- V48041
- Title
- THE ROGUE: or THE LIFE OF GUZMAN DE ALFARACHE Written in Spanish by Matheo Aleman, servant to his Catholike Majestie, and borne in Sevill.
- Author
- Aleman, Mateo (1547-1614?) [translated by Don Diego Puede-ser, i.e. James Mabbe (1572-1642?)]
- Illustrator
- Woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed [by Eliot's Court Press and George Eld] for Edward Blount (1623) & Robert Allott (2nd part 1633).
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1623 and 1633
- Keywords
- Spain Spanish biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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Abbey Antiquarian Books
Biblio member since 2005
Blockley, Gloucestershire
About Abbey Antiquarian Books
We are antiquarian booksellers established in Gloucestershire, England for over twenty years. We have general stock and specialise in early illustrated and children's books and pop-ups. We are members of PBFA.
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