Lot 108
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LUJAN, Pedro de (fl. 1550). Colloquios matrimoniales. Zaragoza: Joan Escarrilla's widow, 1589. 8° (150 x 90mm). Woodcut figures on title and a few leaves. (Title with deleted inscription and marginal repairs, marginal repairs in a number of leaves, a few shoulder notes shaved by the binder, some browning.) Crimson morocco by Brugalla, gilt supralibros, gilt spine lettering, edges and turn-ins. Provenance: deleted title inscription -- purchased from Librería Babra, 1937.
LUJAN, Pedro de (fl. 1550). Colloquios matrimoniales. Zaragoza: Joan Escarrilla's widow, 1589. 8° (150 x 90mm). Woodcut figures on title and a few leaves. (Title with deleted inscription and marginal repairs, marginal repairs in a number of leaves, a few shoulder notes shaved by the binder, some browning.) Crimson morocco by Brugalla, gilt supralibros, gilt spine lettering, edges and turn-ins. Provenance: deleted title inscription -- purchased from Librería Babra, 1937.

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LUJAN, Pedro de (fl. 1550). Colloquios matrimoniales. Zaragoza: Joan Escarrilla's widow, 1589. 8° (150 x 90mm). Woodcut figures on title and a few leaves. (Title with deleted inscription and marginal repairs, marginal repairs in a number of leaves, a few shoulder notes shaved by the binder, some browning.) Crimson morocco by Brugalla, gilt supralibros, gilt spine lettering, edges and turn-ins. Provenance: deleted title inscription -- purchased from Librería Babra, 1937.

Seventh edition of Lujan's best-know and most popular work, first published at Seville in 1550. All the early editions are rare. Lujan's dialogues on marriage are indebted to Erasmus, and are a direct source for Edmund Tilney's The Flower. Salvá II, 3936; cf. Palau VII, 143662.

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