Oct 24 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2683 -

Sale 2683 - Lot 125

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
Salas Barbadillo, Alonso Geronimo (c. 1580-1635)
Don Diego de Noche.

Madrid: Viuda Cosme Delgado, 1623.

First edition, octavo, title page with woodcut device; bound in full polished green morocco with gilt tooling and red onlay designs by Emilio Brugalla (signed and dated 1946); all edges gilt; housed in a custom slipcase; 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.

Palau 286242; Salva 1973.

Salas Barbadillo an, early-17th century poet from Madrid, was also personally acquainted with Cervantes and Lope de Vega. "This is considered one of the best works of Salas Barbadillo and describes the amorous adventures of Don Diego during nine successive nights. Salas, by no means a genius, possessed a distinct talent for presenting ridiculous characters and satirizing their foibles with consummate skill. Most of his works are short stories, and every book of his contains anecdotes and episodes which do not refer to the action of the main story. Some of his dramatic works have thus been introduced into the text of his novels." (Quoted from Maggs's Books Printed in Spain and Spanish Books Printed in Other Countries, London, 1927.)

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.
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