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HERRERA, Fernando de (1535-1598). Versos, edited by Francisco Pacheco. Seville: Gabriel Ramos Vejarano, 1619. 4° (196 x 134mm). Title with engraved arms of Gaspar de Guzman, conde duque de Olivares. Engraved portrait of the author by P. Perret. (Title creased, with residual stains and repaired corner, F3 repaired at lower margin losing catchword on recto, repair to L4r causing slight loss to two lines, one letter lost on N3r, long repaired tears affecting text of O4, 2H2, 3H4 and 3K2-3, lesser faults.) Maroon morocco gilt by Brugalla, 1938. Provenance: purchased from Antonio Creus, 1937.
Second edition, which included a life of the author by Francisco de Rioja and 308 love sonnets, addressed to the poet's unnamed 'amada', Doña Leonor, wife of the conde de Gelves. It was much enlarged from the first edition (1582) which had contained only 78 sonnets. AE records no sale since 1969. Salvá I, 668: 'edicion mui bella y rara'; Palau VI, 114060; not in Goldsmith.
Second edition, which included a life of the author by Francisco de Rioja and 308 love sonnets, addressed to the poet's unnamed 'amada', Doña Leonor, wife of the conde de Gelves. It was much enlarged from the first edition (1582) which had contained only 78 sonnets. AE records no sale since 1969. Salvá I, 668: 'edicion mui bella y rara'; Palau VI, 114060; not in Goldsmith.