Segunda parte del Romancero general y flor de diversa poesia

[Romancero General] [Madrigal, Miguel de (compiler)].

1605. Valladolid. Luis Sanchez, vendese en casa de Antonio Garcia. 4to, (185 x 118 mm). 4 ff., 224 ff., 1 ff. (a 19th century errata which is not a part of the book, see below); ff. 78, 79, 181-184 in a fine 19th century facsimile -although no other edition exists-, probably made at the time of binding. Fine 19th century long grain dark Morocco, boards with supralibros of Thomas Gaisford, double gilt fillet forming compartments, blind fillets, raised bands to spine, tooled and lettered in gilt, hinges weakened, corned bumped, rubbing to edges of spine. First leaves with soiling to lower right corner, last leaf of “table” with lover margin missing affecting printer´s details and reinforced at gutter without loss, presumably ownership inscription to title page at upper margin partially cropped, some scattered foxing.

First edition, the rarest Romancero of the Spanish Golden Century, the copy of Thomas Gaisford, curator of the Bodleian in the 19^th century. Romancero´s are largely collections of poetry, this is the first edition of the independently published “second part” of the Romancero General.

 

History of the production: the Romancero General was first published in 1600, with successive editions all the way to the 19^th century, in 1605, Madrigal compiled a continuation to this Romancero General, published here for the first time, and not published again until the 19^th century, when it was published jointly with the “first part” of the Romancero General.

 

This copy was added by a 19^th century owner with an errata, which does not exist in any other copy known, evidently at the time when the 5 facsimile were added, presumably at the time it was bound for Thomas Gaisford.

 

“Edición más rara que cualquiera de las de la primera parte por ser la única que existe de la segunda” (Salvá)

 

“Cette seconde partie est fort rare, parce qu'ele n'a été imprimée qu'une seule fois. Elle se joine également aux deux éditions de la primière [Romancero general] de 1604 et 1614” (Brunet, J., Manuel du libraire, 5th ed. vol. 4 col. 1364).

 

 “Uno de los romanceros más raros que existen” (Palau 146740).

 

Extremely rare, according to OCLC we locate a single in the United States, at Indiana, and one more copy at the British Library; in addition to this, we locate copies at the Hispanic Society, we also locate 6 copies at Spanish libraries according to CCPBE.

 

Provenance: supralibros on boards of Thomas Gaisford (1779-1855), English scholar and clergyman, Dean of Christ Church and curator of the Bodlein Library in Oxford, and delegate of the Oxford University Press -where one wonders the facsimiles for this copy may have been created.

 

Palau, 146740 and 276984; Salvá 363.

1605

$12,000.00