Eugenio Martínez Sold at Auction Prices

Martinez, Eugenio

Martinez, Eugenio Genealogia de la Toledana discreta. Primera parte. Alcala de Henares: Iuan Gracian, 1604. First edition, 4to., later quarter calf, marbled boards, lacking upper board, lower board detached, margins of titlepage frayed affecting some letters of text, slight paper discolouration throughout. Note:Palau V. p. 77 Chivalric epic, composed from various sources, by the Cistercian Eugenio Martinez (1559- c. 1620). Projected as a four part work, the author completed only one. Its thirty-four cantos continue, at a later unspecified date, the battles of the Trojan war, and abound with monsters, jousts,magicians and enchanted castles.