Joseph CADALSO
Obras de Don Joseph Cadalso
Por Don Matteo Repullès|Madrid 1803|10 x 15 cm|4 volumes reliés
First collected edition.
Contemporary marbled brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with thick and thin fillets. Red morocco title label, black morocco volume label in a circle. One wormhole at foot of volume 1, a second at foot of volume 4.
José Cadalso (1741-1792), Spanish poet and man of letters, journalist, studied in England and France at the Jesuit college Louis le Grand, then at the seminary in Madrid. After traveling through Europe, he pursued a military career. His prose helped awaken the spirit of the Enlightenment in Spain and defend national identity. These works bring together his poetry, translations and criticism, as well as his essays.
Bookplate of J. J. Ballard, physician, early 19th century.
Contemporary marbled brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with thick and thin fillets. Red morocco title label, black morocco volume label in a circle. One wormhole at foot of volume 1, a second at foot of volume 4.
José Cadalso (1741-1792), Spanish poet and man of letters, journalist, studied in England and France at the Jesuit college Louis le Grand, then at the seminary in Madrid. After traveling through Europe, he pursued a military career. His prose helped awaken the spirit of the Enlightenment in Spain and defend national identity. These works bring together his poetry, translations and criticism, as well as his essays.
Bookplate of J. J. Ballard, physician, early 19th century.
€700