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Obras de Don Joseph Cadalso
1803Best.-Nr. 23276Madrid: Por Don Matteo Repullès 1803. Fine. Por Don Matteo Repullès Madrid 1803 10 x 15 cm 4 volumes reliés First collected edition. Contemporary marbled brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with thick and thin fillets. Red morocco title label black morocco volume label in a circle. One wormhole at foot of volume 1 a second at foot of volume 4. José Cadalso 1741-1792 Spanish poet and man of letters journalist studied in England and France at the Jesuit college Louis le Grand then at the seminary in Madrid. After traveling through Europe he pursued a military career. His prose helped awaken the spirit of the Enlightenment in Spain and defend national identity. These works bring together his poetry translations and criticism as well as his essays. Bookplate of J. J. Ballard physician early 19th century. Por Don Matteo Repullès unknown
