The Bachelor of Salamanca Or Memoirs Of Don Cherubim de la Ronda.

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2 volumes in 1 in a early to mid 19th century half calf, marbled boards. Volume 1 has VI pp + 259 pages and advert leaf on recto of final leaf and 3 copper engraved plates and woodcut & copper eng devices at head and tails. Volume 2 has separate title page and dated 1739 [as correct for a 1st edition] and published approximately 2 years later that the first 2 parts in the 1737 volume. It has 16 pp of dedicatory and contents + 252 pages with 3 copper engraved plates (making 6 in total in the two volumes). with copper and woodcut devices at head and tails of text. , minor tiny edge splits to last leaf of volume 1 and title page has tiny split at fore-edge, no loss. Printed on hand-made rag paper the condition is superb, no foxing, title page a little darker with light handling, still has original silk page-marker. hinges thin at spine edges but all firm, chocolate colour endpapers with marbled edges to the pages. 12mo (Duedecimo). Very good and SCARCE. *The author died in 1747, the translator was an interesting chap with literary friend like Pope, but he only ever produced poetry and literary squibs of little renown, but his translating skills pleased both Voltaire and Lesage. **This tale an early novel relates the journeys of a roving bachelor in Spain and Mexico sometimes as a tutor and in all classes of society and situations, the humour and satire is reminiscent of Cervantes in Quixote or Sterne in Tristram Shandy with a similar pace. Copies are rare on the open market an is an often overlooked classic still in print today. N° de ref. del artículo 7226

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