Oct 24, 2024 - Sale 2683

Sale 2683 - Lot 123

Price Realized: $ 5,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
Rojas, Fernando de (c. 1465/73-1541)
Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea. [Celestina].

Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrerariis y sus Hermanos Enel, 1553.



First edition of the Celestina in the form of a play (as originally intended by the author); two parts in one volume, with separate title page for Alphonso di Uglioa's Introdutione nella quale s'insegna Pronunciare la Lingua Spagnuola; [same imprint]; woodcut printer's device to each of the two title pages & colophons; a beautifully preserved copy in original limp parchment binding, titled in ink on spine and front cover, original alum-tawed ties fragmentary; a notable survival; 6 1/4 x 3 7/8 in.

Palau 51152.

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.