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CASTILLEJO, Cristóbal de (1491-1556). Las obras. Madrid: Andreas Sanchez, 1600. 8° (136 x 82mm). (Quire Aaa and a few other leaves lightly browned, occasional burn marks and stains.) Early 19th-century diced calf, gilt Greek key pattern border, gilt spine with repeated fleuron, gilt edges (corners worn, lower joints rubbed and also slightly cracked, front inner hinges repaired). Provenance: bought from José Porter, 1941.
Reprint of the first collected edition of 1573. Unlike the poets Garcilasso de la Vega and Juan Boscán, who favoured Italianate forms such as the sonnet, Castillejo remained loyal to the ballad and the 'villancico' of Spanish verse tradition. However, as the title-page to his works reveals, some of his poems offended the clergy so much that they had to be expurgated by the Inquisition. No further edition followed until 1792. Salvá I, 526: 'esta edicion y la de 1598 son mui lindas y ambas copiadas de la primera de 1573'; Palau III, 48018; not in Goldsmith.
Reprint of the first collected edition of 1573. Unlike the poets Garcilasso de la Vega and Juan Boscán, who favoured Italianate forms such as the sonnet, Castillejo remained loyal to the ballad and the 'villancico' of Spanish verse tradition. However, as the title-page to his works reveals, some of his poems offended the clergy so much that they had to be expurgated by the Inquisition. No further edition followed until 1792. Salvá I, 526: 'esta edicion y la de 1598 son mui lindas y ambas copiadas de la primera de 1573'; Palau III, 48018; not in Goldsmith.