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VEGA CARPIO, LOPE DE. Jerusalén Conquistada, Epopeya Tragica. 1609
VEGA CARPIO, LOPE DE. Jerusalén Conquistada, Epopeya Tragica. 2 full-page woodcut portraits of the author and Alfonso VIII of Castile; woodcut architectural border on colophon page at end. [16], 536 leaves. 4to, 18th-century calf gilt with morocco lettering piece, worn, covers loose, hinges reinforced with cloth tape; 19th-century Mexican owner's stamp on title, next leaf reinforced in gutter. Madrid: Juan de la Cuesta, 1609
- Notes: first edition of an epic poem on the Crusades, "indebted to Tasso but differing from its original in placing Spain squarely at the geographical center of the Christian struggle against the Saracen" (OCSL). Palau 356352.
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