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ZAYAS Y SOTOMAYOR, Maria de - Les Nouvelles amoureuses et ex…
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457
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ZAYAS Y SOTOMAYOR, Maria de - Les Nouvelles amoureuses et ex…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300
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Description
ZAYAS Y SOTOMAYOR, Maria de - Les Nouvelles amoureuses et exemplaires composées en espagnol. Paris, Guillaume de Luynes, 1656. 6 parts in one vol. in-8, (10) ff, 131 pp. ; (2) ff, 143 pp. ; 118 pp. ; 152 pp. ; (1) f., 113 (1) pp. ; (1) f., 100 pp. each part has a separate title, some light spotting, false title a little faded, contemporary limp vellum, ext. margin of one plate slightly nibbled.
LOSADA GOYA n°440LEVER 318. First collective edition. Translation dedicated to Marie Mancini by Antoine le Metel, sieur d'Ouville. María de Zayas y Sotomayor (1590-1660) was a Spanish short-story writer and poetess. She was a close friend of the poet and playwright Ana Caro de Mallén (1590-1650). The two women lived together in Madrid, undoubtedly forming a couple who expressed both their spiritual and physical love. Contains six parts: I. Useless Precaution. PART II. Adventuring while losing. III. The Invisible Beauty. IV. Love is paid with love. V. Aminte's Revenge confronted. VI. In the end, everything is paid for.
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