Oct 17, 2011 - Sale 2256

Sale 2256 - Lot 154

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
[PÉREZ DE HITA, GINÉS.] Historia de las Guerras Cíviles de Granada. [4], 686 pages. 8vo, old vellum, morocco spine label with unidentified gilt crest; mostly marginal foxing or browning throughout. Paris: Iago Cotinet, 1660

Additional Details

Historical novel in 2 parts first published in 1595 and 1604, of which this edition reprints the first part dealing with the Spanish conquest of Granada in 1492, with sidenotes giving a partial translation in French. The second part, less frequently reprinted, concerns the Moorish rebellion in the Alpujarras several decades later. Palau 221169.