Oct 24, 2024 - Sale 2683

Sale 2683 - Lot 103

Price Realized: $ 13,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 8,000
Lopez de Ubeda, Francisco (1560-1606)
Libro de Entrentenimiento de la Picara Justina.

Medina del Campo: Por Christoval Lasso Vaca, 1605.



First edition, one of the earliest references to Don Quixote, published before Cervantes's work appeared in print; woodcut arms to title page; full-paged allegorical engraving depicting La Nave de la Vida Picara, bound opposite the first page of the prologue; bound in 17th century half sheepskin with marbled paper boards; one blank corner torn away; 7 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.

Rare at auction and in institutional holdings.

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.