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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
Barahano de Soto, Luis (1548-1595) Primera Parte de la Angelica.
Granada: en casa de Hugo de Mena a costa de Joan Diaz, 1586.
First edition, quarto, bound in full contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, rebacked; title page reinforced, light water stains affecting the first few leaves, the "Advertimientos" that appear at the end of the first nine cantos have been crossed out in ink, but the text is somewhat legible, in the tenth, only four lines are defaced, in the last two, the "Advertiminentos are untouched; 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.
This extremely rare work of Barahano de Soto, a continuation of the Orlando Furioso, was published in these twelve cantos and never continued further. The poet was praised by Cervantes.
Rare at auction, the last copy listed was offered in 1933; Palau 23550; Salva 1530; Heredia 2128; three copies in Worldcat; the De Vinne press issued a facsimile edition in 1904.
