Diego de San Pedro (c. 1437-c. 1498)
Carcer d'Amore.

Venice: Francesco Bindoni & Mapheo Pasini, 1537.

Octavo, translated from Castilian to Italian by Lelio de Manfredi; large woodcut to title page; illustrated with 19 text woodcuts; text printed in italic type; bound in full 19th century Spanish green morocco for the book collector Joachim Gomez de la Cortina, with his arms in gilt on both boards, along with his crowned cypher used as corner pieces on both boards and gilt morocco bookplate pasted inside the front board; all edges gilt; 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.

Sander 6732; Palau 293388.

The titular prison of love is depicted on the title, with a skeptical looking prospective tenant mounting the stairs. San Pedro's most famous work, this novel of sensibility strongly influenced Rojas's Celestina.

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.