Rimas Varias [“Various Rhymes.”]. First Part

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $900

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author

ALVAREZ SOAREZ, ANTONIO

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Mattheus Pinheiro

Place

Lisbon

Publication

1628

Description

FIRST EDITION. Poems in Spanish and Portuguese. Dedication in Portuguese

summary

The author was born in Lisbon and wandered to Flanders in 1630. A master of the European languages, he was considered one of the great Spanish lyric poets. See M. Kayserling, Sephardim: Romanischen Poesien der Juden in Spanien (1859), p. 340, n. 188; idem, Biblioteca Española-Portugueza-Judaica, p.12

ff.(6), 72. Portion of title repaired, few leaves browned, some marginal worming, text unaffected. Contemporary limp vellum, wrinkled. 12mo

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