A PICARESQUE NOVEL FOR WOMEN. - Lot 237

A PICARESQUE NOVEL FOR WOMEN. CASTILLO SOLORZANO (Don Alonso de). LA GARDUNA DE SEVILLA, Y ANZUELO DE LAS BOLSAS, hija del Bachiller Trapaza. En Madrid, Alonso y Padilla, 1733. One volume in-12, modern full stiff vellum. 8 f. 192 fol. (leaves 132 and 134 are misplaced, but the work is complete). Fourth edition (Quarta Impres.), the only one published in the 18th century. The first edition was published in Madrid in 1642. Añadido en esta impression un Cathalogo de Libros entretenidos, y ocho Enigmas curiosas. Palau, 48410. Brunet I, 1634: "Of all Alonzo Castillo's works, this is the most successful... Le Metel, sieur d'Ouville, or rather Boisrobert, his brother, translated it into French under the following title "La Fouyne de Séville... the same translation was reprinted under this other title in 1731: Histoire et aventure de Dona Rufine, courtisane de Séville... " Salva, II, 1731 : esta novela forma la continuacion de "Las aventuras del Bachiller Trapaza".