VEGA CARPIO, Lope de (1562-1635). Arcadia, prosas y versos. Barcelona: Sebastian de Cormellas, 1602. 12° (143 x 89mm). Title device and woodcut opening initials. (Light spotting on title, one preliminary heavily creased.) Early-20th-century Spanish marbled sheep. Provenance: purchased from G.P. de Terpied, 1953.

VEGA CARPIO, Lope de (1562-1635). Arcadia, prosas y versos. Barcelona: Sebastian de Cormellas, 1602. 12° (143 x 89mm). Title device and woodcut opening initials. (Light spotting on title, one preliminary heavily creased.) Early-20th-century Spanish marbled sheep. Provenance: purchased from G.P. de Terpied, 1953.

Fourth edition following publication of the first in 1598. The Arcadia included Lope de Vega's best known song, 'Oh libertad preciosa', an imitation of Horace's 'Beatus ille'. All the early editions are highly rare. Palau XXV, 356292.