IL PICARIGLIO CASTIGLIANO CIOÈ LA VITA DI LAZARIGLIO DI TORMES
Venetia [Venice]: Barezzo Barezzi, 1622. First Edition in Italian, Second Impression. Small octavo, [2], 5-13, [27], 263, [1] pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in later quarter brown leather with gilt titling and ruling to spine and red and brown marbled paper boards. Spine lightly sunned; light plus wear to edges and corners of boards. Corners of boards reinforced with tan book cloth, intentionally left visible under marbled paper. Text block age toned and foxed with moderate staining throughout and moderate wear to title page (including a small hole, impacting the title but not its legibility). Very faint library stamp visible on recto of final page. Title page present, but the leaf between that and p. 5 is lacking. TG Consignment.
1380741
Special Collections - Downstairs
Price: $550
NOTES
The first edition in Italian of "La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades" [The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes and of his Fortunes and Adversities], a Spanish novel first published in 1554, notable as the first work of the picaresque genre.