History of Spanish Literature : Volume I : With criticisms on particular works and biographical notices of prominent writers
London: John Murray, 1855.
New Edition. Hardcover. Very Good- with no dust jacket. Item #16022
Rubbing to joints and edges, light cover rub, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Volume One of three, only. Full calf binding with six compartment spine, two spine labels, gilt spine decoration and lettering, covers with gilt rulings, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers and doublure. This volume contains the twenty-four chapters of the First Period: "The Literature that existed in Spain between the first ppearance of the present written language and the early part of the reign of the Emperor Charles the Fifth, or from the end of the Twelfth Century to the beginning of the Sixteenth." It also contains the first six chapters of the Second Period: "The literature that existed in Spain from the accession of the Austrian family to its extinction; or from the beginning of the Sixteenth Century to the end of the Seventeenth." First of three volume set by Harvard's professor of French and Spanish languages. "Ticknor developed in his college lectures the scheme of his more permanent work, which he published as the History of Spanish Literature (New York and London, 3 volumes, 1849). The book addresses Spanish civilization and manners as well as its literature. The History is considered exhaustive in scholarship, and direct in style. It gives many illustrative passages from representative works, and copious bibliographical references." - Wikipedia. He left his vast collection of Spanish and Portuguese books and manuscripts to the Boston Public Library, after the manuscripts were famously turned down by Harvard University. First volume in fine binding of Ticknor's classic scholarly work. ; xviii, 522 pages.
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