The rogue: or The life of Guzman de Alfarache. . Written in Spanish by Matheo Aleman, seruant to his Catholike Maiestie, and born in Seuill.
Mateo Alemán (1547 - c.1614)
Category
Books
Date
1622
Materials
Measurements
271 x 192 x 50 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3074422
Summary
Bibliographic description
[24],267,[17],357,[1]p. . fol.. Final leaf torn (with some loss of text) and mounted on blank leaf. Prices on title page verso (cropped) Provenance: manuscript inscription on front endpaper: "George Browne [i.e. George Browne, 1834-1914]. Francis Bainbridge whose name is written on the top of the title page was Minister of Troutbeck 1651-1657". Manuscript inscriptions on title page: "Francis Bainbrigge", "George Browne booke ... " & "George Browne pretiu[m] xij" [i.e. probably either George Browne, 1596-1685, or his son George, 1626-1703], and "John Parke ... [one word, illegible] Kendal ... [one word, illegible] Countie of Westmorland". "Atkinson 1718" crossed through. Other miscellaneous annotations. Binding: nineteenth-century quarter red morocco, marbled paper boards; blind and gilt tooling on spine; sprinkled edges. Spine title "Life of Alfarache"
Makers and roles
Mateo Alemán (1547 - c.1614) James Mabbe (1572-1642)