Author: James Fitzmaurice-Kelly; Juan Perez de Montalban
Title: The Nun Ensign
Description: London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1908. Cloth. The story of Antonio de Erauso, born as Catalina de Erauso, known as the Ensign Nun after escaping the convent in the 17th century. Scarce work. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece and twenty-seven tipped-in plates. Collated complete. The story of Antonio de Erauso, born as Catalina de Erauso, who lived in a convent from the age of four. Originally an unwilling nun, de Erauso escaped the convent and travelled around Spain and Spanish America under different identities. Translated by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly, a British writer on Spanish literature. With the play La Monja Alférez, in the original Spanish, written by Juan Perez de Montalban, a Spanish priest, dramatist, poet and novelist. With illustrations by Daniel Vierge, a Spanish-born French illustrator. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and the odd mark to the board. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Daniel Vierge. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Nun Ensign Antonio de Erauso Fitzmaurice-Kelly Ensign Perez de Montalban Viegre Daniel Vierge
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Title: The Nun Ensign
Description: London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1908. Cloth. The story of Antonio de Erauso, born as Catalina de Erauso, known as the Ensign Nun after escaping the convent in the 17th century. Scarce work. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece and twenty-seven tipped-in plates. Collated complete. The story of Antonio de Erauso, born as Catalina de Erauso, who lived in a convent from the age of four. Originally an unwilling nun, de Erauso escaped the convent and travelled around Spain and Spanish America under different identities. Translated by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly, a British writer on Spanish literature. With the play La Monja Alférez, in the original Spanish, written by Juan Perez de Montalban, a Spanish priest, dramatist, poet and novelist. With illustrations by Daniel Vierge, a Spanish-born French illustrator. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and the odd mark to the board. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Daniel Vierge. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Nun Ensign Antonio de Erauso Fitzmaurice-Kelly Ensign Perez de Montalban Viegre Daniel Vierge
Price: GBP 85.00 = appr. US$ 121.38 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 859T54
- Book number: 859T54
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