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Lot 72
  • 72

[Codrington, Robert trans.]

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Description

  • The Troublesome and Hard Adventures in Love Lively setting forth, The Feavers, the Dangers, and the Jealousies of Lovers ; and the Labyrinths and Wildernesses of Fears and Hopes through which they dayly passe... London: B. Alsop, 1652 [i.e. 1651]
  • paper, ink, leather
8vo (7 7/8 x 5 in.; 175 x 128 mm). Ornamental initials; contemporary annotations, wormholes, a few small tears and restorations. Modern brown morocco; slightly rubbed. 

Literature

Wing C1781; ESTC R3681; Dale B.J. Randall Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 1961, p. 145

Catalogue Note

First edition. Despite the attribution to Cervantes in the title, the work has since been attributed to different authors including Mateo Aleman, Alonso Fernandez de Avellaneda or Gaspar Gil Polo, but Dale Randall attributed it to Jorge de Montemayor, the author of the famous and very popular Diana.