Author: Francisco Delicado, Guillaume Apollinaire (Editor)
Title: L&Apos;Oeuvre de Francisco Delicado la Lozana Andaluza (la Gentille Andalouse)
Description: Paris, Bibliotheque des Curieux, 1912. Leather. A French edition of Delicado's La Lozana Andaluza. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. With an illustrated frontispiece, a reproduction of a frontispiece from a copy of the text from the Imperial Library of Vienna. With a black and red title page and one additional plate. As stated to the verso of half title page, this is one of 25 copies printed on Arches paper. The text in in French. Edited by, with an introduction and bibliographical memoir by Guillaume Apollinaire. Apollinaire was a French poet, playwright, short story writer and novelist. Francisco Delicado was a Spanish Renaissance writer. He wrote this text, La Lozana Andaluza or Portrait of Lozana in Venice. It is a novel in dialogue, alike to Celestina by Fernando de Rojas. La Lozana Andaluza is a social and historical portrait of Rome and its darker side in the early 16th century. It delves into the lives of prositutes, pimps and picaros. It is often regarded as one of the first picaresque novels. In a half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear to the head of spine and to raised bands. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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