The comical works of Don Francisco de Quevedo : author of The visions: containing, I. The night adventurer, or the day-hater. II. The life of Paul the Spanish sharper. III. The retentive knight, and his epistles. IV. The dog and the fever. V. A proclamation, by old Father Time. VI. A treatise of all things whatsoever. VII. Fortune in her wits, or the hour of all men. Translated from the Spanish
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Type of record: Book
Title: The comical works of Don Francisco de Quevedo : author of The visions: containing, I. The night adventurer, or the day-hater. II. The life of Paul the Spanish sharper. III. The retentive knight, and his epistles. IV. The dog and the fever. V. A proclamation, by old Father Time. VI. A treatise of all things whatsoever. VII. Fortune in her wits, or the hour of all men. Translated from the Spanish
Classmark: BC Lt/GOM
Creator(s): Quevedo, Francisco de (1580-1645)
Additional creator(s): Salas Barbadillo, Alonso Jeronimo de (1581-1635) (Other); Espinosa, Pedro (1578-1650) (Other); Stevens, John (1726) (Other)
Related people: Salas Barbadillo, Alonso Jeronimo de; Espinosa, Pedro; Stevens, John
Publisher: Printed and are to be sold by J. Morphew
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1707
Language: English
Size and medium: [12],564p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/279062
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991000906869705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
First edition.
No.II and IV are erroneously attributed to Quevedo. cf. British Museum Gen.cat., v.88, col.519.
The night-adventurer is a translation of "Don Diego de noche" by A.J. de Salas Barbadillo; The dog and the fever is a translation of "El perro y la calentura" by Pedro Espinosa.
The translator signs the dedication.
Dd4 signed on the verso only (p.408).
Translated by John Stevens.
Additional description
With bookplate and initials of John Manley, Esq
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