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PÉREZ DE HERRERA, Cristóbal (1558-1625). Proverbios morales y conseios christianos ... y enigmas filosoficas. Madrid: Luis Sanchez, 1618. 4° (189 x 131mm). Arms on title, 14 woodcut emblems. Text in double rule. Extra illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait. (Title with two closed internal tears, H4 repaired with partial loss of 5-6 lines recto and verso, extensive repairs to Oo2-4, Oo4 with loss of final line recto and partial loss of catch-word on verso, occasional glitter effect stains as on title and Tt1v.) Red morocco gilt by Brugalla, 1946. Provenance: Geronimo Despuig, Carmelite (signature on title) -- bought from Antonio Creus, 1937.
PÉREZ DE HERRERA, Cristóbal (1558-1625). Proverbios morales y conseios christianos ... y enigmas filosoficas. Madrid: Luis Sanchez, 1618. 4° (189 x 131mm). Arms on title, 14 woodcut emblems. Text in double rule. Extra illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait. (Title with two closed internal tears, H4 repaired with partial loss of 5-6 lines recto and verso, extensive repairs to Oo2-4, Oo4 with loss of final line recto and partial loss of catch-word on verso, occasional glitter effect stains as on title and Tt1v.) Red morocco gilt by Brugalla, 1946. Provenance: Geronimo Despuig, Carmelite (signature on title) -- bought from Antonio Creus, 1937.
PÉREZ DE HERRERA, Cristóbal (1558-1625). Proverbios morales y conseios christianos ... y enigmas filosoficas. Madrid: Luis Sanchez, 1618. 4° (189 x 131mm). Arms on title, 14 woodcut emblems. Text in double rule. Extra illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait. (Title with two closed internal tears, H4 repaired with partial loss of 5-6 lines recto and verso, extensive repairs to Oo2-4, Oo4 with loss of final line recto and partial loss of catch-word on verso, occasional glitter effect stains as on title and Tt1v.) Red morocco gilt by Brugalla, 1946. Provenance: Geronimo Despuig, Carmelite (signature on title) -- bought from Antonio Creus, 1937.
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PÉREZ DE HERRERA, Cristóbal (1558-1625). Proverbios morales y conseios christianos ... y enigmas filosoficas. Madrid: Luis Sanchez, 1618. 4° (189 x 131mm). Arms on title, 14 woodcut emblems. Text in double rule. Extra illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait. (Title with two closed internal tears, H4 repaired with partial loss of 5-6 lines recto and verso, extensive repairs to Oo2-4, Oo4 with loss of final line recto and partial loss of catch-word on verso, occasional glitter effect stains as on title and Tt1v.) Red morocco gilt by Brugalla, 1946. Provenance: Geronimo Despuig, Carmelite (signature on title) -- bought from Antonio Creus, 1937.

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PÉREZ DE HERRERA, Cristóbal (1558-1625). Proverbios morales y conseios christianos ... y enigmas filosoficas. Madrid: Luis Sanchez, 1618. 4° (189 x 131mm). Arms on title, 14 woodcut emblems. Text in double rule. Extra illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait. (Title with two closed internal tears, H4 repaired with partial loss of 5-6 lines recto and verso, extensive repairs to Oo2-4, Oo4 with loss of final line recto and partial loss of catch-word on verso, occasional glitter effect stains as on title and Tt1v.) Red morocco gilt by Brugalla, 1946. Provenance: Geronimo Despuig, Carmelite (signature on title) -- bought from Antonio Creus, 1937.

'PRIMERA éDICION, MUY RARA de este libro curiosa' (Palau). Pérez de Herrera's verse work contains 759 proverbs, 311 enigmas with a prose commentary, and a further 12 enigmas without commentary. Medical advisor to Philip III, a writer on medicine and social welfare, he used his wealth to establish a poor house in Madrid. Salvá believed there might have been an earlier edition of the Proverbs in about 1613, but no copies are known. Goldsmith P-215; Salva II, 2124; Palau XIII, 221124.

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