Lot 109
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MANZANAS, Eugenio. Libro de enfrenamientos de la Gineta. Toledo: Juan Rodriguez, 1583. 4° (193 x 132mm). Large woodcut portrait on title, 23 woodcuts, some full-page, woodcut device on final leaf, woodcut initials. (Title soiled, small marginal repairs to title and last two leaves.) Brown morocco by Brugalla, 1948, gilt supralibros, gilt spine-lettering, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from José Porter, 1952.
MANZANAS, Eugenio. Libro de enfrenamientos de la Gineta. Toledo: Juan Rodriguez, 1583. 4° (193 x 132mm). Large woodcut portrait on title, 23 woodcuts, some full-page, woodcut device on final leaf, woodcut initials. (Title soiled, small marginal repairs to title and last two leaves.) Brown morocco by Brugalla, 1948, gilt supralibros, gilt spine-lettering, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from José Porter, 1952.

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MANZANAS, Eugenio. Libro de enfrenamientos de la Gineta. Toledo: Juan Rodriguez, 1583. 4° (193 x 132mm). Large woodcut portrait on title, 23 woodcuts, some full-page, woodcut device on final leaf, woodcut initials. (Title soiled, small marginal repairs to title and last two leaves.) Brown morocco by Brugalla, 1948, gilt supralibros, gilt spine-lettering, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from José Porter, 1952.

Second revised edition. The first edition was printed by Francisco Guzman in Toledo in 1570. The word Gineta refers to a style of riding used for bullfighting on horseback. No sale recorded in on-line ABPC/AE. Salvá II, 2638; Palau VIII, 150230.

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