THE DECADENCE OF THE GOLDEN AGE - Lot 89

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THE DECADENCE OF THE GOLDEN AGE - Lot 89
THE DECADENCE OF THE GOLDEN AGE ZABALETA (Don Juan de). OBRAS HISTORICAS, Politicas, Filosoficas, y Morales... con el DIA DE FIESTA por Mañana, y Tarde, y los sucessos que en el passan... En Madrid, Antonio Gonçalez de Reyes, 1692. One volume in-4 (4 ff, 516 pp, 1 f), full contemporary soft vellum, traces of laces, small accident at bottom corner. Old signatures on flyleaf: Ncs Doctori 1696, and Prideaux 1824. Quarta impresion (con) un Indice muy ponctual, para mayor facilidad de los Lectores. Contains: Theatro del hombre, el hombre; problemas morales; Errores Celebrados; El Dia de Fiesta; El Emperador Commodo; Milagros de los trabajos; Historia de Nuestra Señora de Madrid. Ticknor: "he gives us a satirical and graceful painting of the mores of the capital, in those moments when idleness carries the people into the streets and squares where there are amusements". Decadence of the "Golden Age" in the last half of the 17th century, accompanied by a general decline in the Arts, and a gradual degradation of the monarchy (the reign of Philip IV). Palau, 378545. Salva, 2034: impresion y papel tan malos como los de la segunda edicion (the first dates from 1667).
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