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LAZARILLO DE TORMES — Zwo kurtzweilige, lustige, vnd lächerliche Historien: Die Erste, von Lazarillo de Tormes, einem Spanier was für Herkom[m]ens er gewesen. Augsburg: Andreas Aperger, 1617.
First German edition of the earliest picaresque novel, first published anonymously in Spanish in 1554. VD17 notes that there were two distinct issues differing in their signatures; both issues also appeared under the Munich imprint of Hainrich. The original text, frequently attributed to Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, was deemed heretical and placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum by the Catholic Church. Its influence, however, has been wide-reaching, and can be seen in the works of Cervantes, Rousseau, Dickens, and Twain, among many others. VD17 32:735373P & 23:271778H.
Octavo (153 x 88mm). Title printed in red and black (a few leaves just cropped at fore-edge). 17th-century calf, red speckled edges (joints slightly splitting, a few small wormholes).
[Bound with:] 3 other contemporary German pamphlets, the first lacking 2 leaves at end.
First German edition of the earliest picaresque novel, first published anonymously in Spanish in 1554. VD17 notes that there were two distinct issues differing in their signatures; both issues also appeared under the Munich imprint of Hainrich. The original text, frequently attributed to Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, was deemed heretical and placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum by the Catholic Church. Its influence, however, has been wide-reaching, and can be seen in the works of Cervantes, Rousseau, Dickens, and Twain, among many others. VD17 32:735373P & 23:271778H.
Octavo (153 x 88mm). Title printed in red and black (a few leaves just cropped at fore-edge). 17th-century calf, red speckled edges (joints slightly splitting, a few small wormholes).
[Bound with:] 3 other contemporary German pamphlets, the first lacking 2 leaves at end.
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