Oct 24 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2683 -

Sale 2683 - Lot 106

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
March, Ausiàs (1400-1459)
Les Obres.

Barcelona: Claudi Nornat, 1560.

Octavo, an early edition in Valencian; woodcut device to title page; bound in full polished red morocco by Brugalla in 1944; all edges gilt; contents with occasional spotting; 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.

Palau 151298.

March, a Medieval Valencian poet working under the influence of Petrarch's verse, wrote in the local vernacular used by his Catalan community. His inheritance insured an income, his career as young knight under the Kingdom of Aragon provided inspiration.

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.