Mateo ALEMÁN

New edition of the translation by Alain-René Le Sage, revised by Pons-Auguste Alletz, some forty years after its initial publication. Two frontispieces decorate each volume. As we learn from the Avertissement, this classic, which flowed from the pen of the author nicknamed the "Divine Spaniard" by his compatriots, was then, in the 1770s, unknown to a large part of the French youth.

Contemporary binding in full brown tree calf, smooth gilt spine with four compartments separated by traditional and dotted...

Illustrated edition with first printing by Harrewyn of 3 frontispieces and 16 etched figures. Second edition of Lesage's translation, the first having appeared in Paris in 1732 with a frontispiece and 16 figures by Scottin. For this edition, Cohen (Guide de l'amateur du livre à gravures du XVIIIe) lists only one frontispiece and 12 figures.
Binding ca 1860 in full green morocco. Spine with raised bands decorated. Gilt titles, volume number and dates. Boards decorated in the du Seuil style with central rectangle and fleurons in the corners, and triple gilt fillet border. Rich interior gilt border. Top edges gilt. Spine uniformly faded. Paper of superb freshness, uncut, with full margins...

Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full grained burgundy sheepskin binding, grey top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, copy complete with its glassine wrapper but lacking its soft case.
Handsome copy.
This volume contains: "The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes" by Mateo Aleman and "The Life of Guzman d'Alfarache" by Francisco de Quevedo and "The Life of the Adventurer Don Pablos de Segovia".