El Bernardo, o, Victoria de Roncesvalles :

Balbuena, Bernardo de, -1627.

El Bernardo, o, Victoria de Roncesvalles : poema heroyco / Bernardo Victoria de Roncesvalles del doctor Don Bernardo de Balbuena Abadmaior de la Isla de Iamayca. - En Madrid : Por Diego Flamenco, a no 1624. - [8], 290, [2] leaves ; 21 cm (4to)

First edition. Engraved, illustrated title page. Signed: Iua[n] de diesa sculpcit. "Obra toda texida de vna admirable variedad de cosas, antiguedades de Espa na, casas, y linages nobles della, costumbres de gentes geograficas de scripciones de las mas floridas partes del mundo, fabricas de edificios y suntuosos palacios, jardines, ca cas y frescuras, transformaciones y encantamentos de nuevo y peregrino artificio, llenos de sentencias, y moralidades." Printed in double columns. Signatures: [paragraph]p8s A-Zp8s 2A-2Lp8s. Leaves D2 and D3 incorrectly signed C2 and D2 respectively; leaf Cc2 is signed Gc2. Leaves 25-44 omitted in numbering. Title vignette (engraved arms of Francisco Ruiz de Castro, conde de Lemos); woodcut tail-piece; woodcut initials. Includes index.

Goldsmith, V.F. Short title catalogue of Spanish and Portuguese books, 1601-1700, in the Library of the British Museum, 18 Palau y Dulcet, A. Manual del librero hispano-americano (2. ed.), 23340


1500-1700


Spanish poetry--Classical period, 1500-1700.
Epic poetry--Early works to 1800.
Epic poetry.
Spanish poetry--Classical period.


Early works.

PQ6437.V2 / B3 1624

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