The Visions of Dom Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, Knight of the Order of St. James
L'ESTRANGE, Sir Roger (trans.)
From Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 15 December 2006
From Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 15 December 2006
About this Item
282, [2] p. 20 cm. Full leather with blank impressing. Worn hinges and corners, small chip in spine tail. Bookplate for Robert Salusbury Cotton of Cumbermere in the County of Chester on front pastedown with corresponding signature on rear pastedown. Ink notations on front pastedown and title page. No front free endpaper. Pages browned. In these satirical Visions, Quevedo (1580-1645) appears to showcase his antipathy for mankind. The first dream is "The Bedeviled Catchpole" in which a tax collector is possessed by an evil spirit, which results in the evil spirit begging to be exorcised, since the tax collector is the more evil of the two. In Death and her Empire, Quevedo provides more examples of humanity's dishonest ways. The Last Judgment provides a glimpse of that grim event. The translator, Roger L'Estrange (1616-1704) was a pamphleteer, author and staunch defender of Royalist claims. Seller Inventory # 123562
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Visions of Dom Francisco de Quevedo ...
Publisher: Richard Sare, London
Publication Date: 1708
Binding: Leatherbound
Condition: Very good
Edition: Tenth Edition, corrected.
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