A. Guillemot Sold at Auction Prices

First novel to be set in Spanish America.- Loubayssin de Lamarca (Francisco) Historia tragicomica de Don Henrique de Castro, first edition, Paris, [Adrian Tiffain] for the widow of Matias Guillemot, …

First novel to be set in Spanish America.- Loubayssin de Lamarca (Francisco) Historia tragicomica de Don Henrique de Castro, first edition, engraved pictorial title and portrait of the author, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, errata f., final f. blank, title trimmed to just within border at outer edge, upper part of front free endpaper torn away, occasional spotting, lightly browned in places, later vellum, yapp edges, spine with later ink title, yapp edges worn, lightly stained, [European Americana 617/79; Medina, Biblioteca Hispano-Chilena 42; Palau 142662], 8vo, Paris, [Adrian Tiffain] for the widow of Matias Guillemot, 1617. ⁂ A very good copy of the first novel set in the Spanish New World. Mostly based in 16th century Chille, it also includes visits to Mexico and Peru, and a circumnavigation of the globe with Magellan. What is now believed to be a ghost entry for a 1612 edition due to a misreading of the date makes our edition the first. Provenance: Ricardo Heredia (bookplate to front pastedown).