ALEMÁN (Mateo). Lot n° 39

History of Guzman d'Alfarache. Newly translated, and purged of superfluous moralities, by Monsieur Le Sage. Paris, Étienne Ganeau, 1732. 2 volumes in-12, red morocco, triple gilt fillet, gilt emblem in the center, ornate spine, inner lace, gilt edges on marble (Cuzin). First edition of the French translation by Alain-René Lesage (1668-1747), considered a "beautiful infidel" of the author of Gil Blas de Santillane and the Limping Devil. On Guzmán de Alfarache, picaresque novel par excellence, see the previous lot. The illustration consists of a frontispiece and 16 figures out of text engraved on copper by Jean-Baptiste Scotin. A superb copy in fine bindings by Cuzin. From the library of Isidoro Fernandez (2013, n°308), with his gilt emblem on the boards and his bookplate. The great Spanish bibliophile (1878-1963) had acquired it from the Librairie Giraud-Badin in 1934. Cordier, Lesage, n°20 - Tchemerzine, IV, 187 - Cohen, 634 - Palau, n°6756.