Lot 50: BOAISTUAU, Pierre, called Launay (c.1517-1566). El Theatro del Mundo en el qual amplamente trata las miserias del hombre, traduzido por ... Baltasar Perez del Castillo . Antwerp: Martin Nutio, 1593. 12° (115 x 70mm). Device on title, woodcut

Name: BOAISTUAU, Pierre, called Launay (c.1517-1566). El Theatro del Mundo en el qual amplamente trata las miserias del hombre, traduzido por ... Baltasar Perez del Castillo . Antwerp: Martin Nutio, 1593. 12° (115 x 70mm). Device on title, woodcut
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 4c360f0e5b

Est: £400 GBP - £600 GBP

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomMarch 20, 2013

Item Overview

Description

BOAISTUAU, Pierre, called Launay (c.1517-1566). El Theatro del Mundo en el qual amplamente trata las miserias del hombre, traduzido por ... Baltasar Perez del Castillo. Antwerp: Martin Nutio, 1593. 12° (115 x 70mm). Device on title, woodcut initials. (Title washed.) Burgundy morocco gilt by Brugalla, 1944. Provenance: José Porter, 1941.

Fourth edition in Spanish of this very popular discourse. After publicaton of the original French edition in Paris, 1558, the earliest Spanish edition was printed in Alcala de Henares, 1564. Peeters-Fontainas 133; Palau II, 34214; cf. Brunet I, 983 (French edition).

Artist or Maker

? (1521) Martin

Provenance

BOAISTUAU, Pierre, called Launay (c.1517-1566). El Theatro del Mundo en el qual amplamente trata las miserias del hombre, traduzido por ... Baltasar Perez del Castillo. Antwerp: Martin Nutio, 1593. 12° (115 x 70mm). Device on title, woodcut initials. (Title washed.) Burgundy morocco gilt by Brugalla, 1944. Provenance: José Porter, 1941.

Auction Details

The Library of a Spanish Bibliophile

Christie's

March 20, 2013, 11:00 AM GMT

85 Old Brompton Road, London, LDN, SW7 3LD, UK

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