Coleccion de poesias castellanas anteriores al siglo XV. Poema del Cid [with] Poesias de Don Gonzalo de Berceo [with] Poema de Alexandro Magno [with] Poesias del Arcipreste de Hita (El libro de buen amor)

Four volumes. A COMPLETE SET, ON SPECIAL PAPER, OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLICATION OF SPANISH MEDIEVAL TEXTS. Comprises, IN FIRST EDITION, (I) the Poema del Cid, (II) the complete works of Berceo, (III) the Poem of Alejandro Magno, and (IV) the Arcipreste de Hita's Libro de buen amor (this fourth volume is almost always missing.) This is A SPECIAL SET, PRINTED ON THICK PAPER. This is furthermore AN ASSOCIATION COPY, from the library of DANIEL DEVOTO AND MARIA BEATRIZ DEL VALLE-INCLAN (their stamp on rear endpapers). Devoto (1916-2001) was an important intellectual figure who counted among his close friends many of the great literary figures of 20th-century Spain, France, and Latin America. He wrote many books and articles, some of which concern the texts which appear in the present publication. COMPLETE WITH ALL HALF-TITLES. 8vos. ATTRACTIVELY BOUND IN SPANISH CALF. Tiny traces of wear to bindings, else an EXCELLENT SET. In the introduction to his edition of El poema del Cid, Colin Smith emphasizes the great importance of this publication, pointing out that Sanchez was way ahead of his time as a textual editor. AN OUTSTANDING SET OF AN EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT PUBLICATION, WITH A FINE PROVENANCE.