Oct 13, 2022 - Sale 2617

Sale 2617 - Lot 141

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
Anonymous.
Il Picariglio Castigliano, Cioè la Vita di Lazariglio di Tormes

Venice: Barezzi, 1622.

Octavo, two parts in one volume, first edition in Italian, second issue of part one; woodcut printer's device to title, bound in full 18th century parchment over boards; contents toned, scattered foxing and minor stains, blank corner of G1 in first part torn away; 6 x 4 in.

Palau 133527 & 133528.

Scholars credit the anonymously published life of Lazarillo de Tormes as the first novella published in the picaresque genre.

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.