República literaria

Saavedra Fajardo, Diego de, 1584-1648

República literaria

Por Diego de Saavedra Fajardo

Madrid

Benito Cano

Not identified

Imprenta de Benito Cano

1788

Madrid: Imprenta de Benito Cano, 1788

Spanish

Illustrated eighteenth-century edition; no special issue stated

[8], CXVIII, 216 pages, [1] plate leaf

Allegorical engraved title page; portrait plate of Campomanes engraved by Josef Ximeno

Octavo

Approximately 20 cm

[ ]¹, a–h⁸, A–N⁸, O⁴

Eighteenth-century rag paper

Not visible in the supplied images

Text with marginal notes; illustrated letterpress printing with engravings by Josef Ximeno

Contemporary Spanish calf or leather binding

Mottled brown

Gilt tools on boards and spine

Spine with raised bands and label

Satirical and humanistic work allegorically describing the republic of letters and its disciplines. Saavedra Fajardo develops an intellectual and moral critique of authors, sciences and cultural customs of his time within the Baroque humanistic tradition

Illustrated eighteenth-century edition

Allegorical engraved title page of notable quality

Includes portrait of Campomanes engraved by Josef Ximeno

Text with marginal notes

Fundamental work of the Spanish humanistic and satirical tradition

Humanistic satire and criticism of knowledge in Golden Age Spain

Republic of Letters; humanistic tradition; criticism of disciplines and authors; Baroque intellectual allegory; Spanish cultural history; satirical literature; illustrated eighteenth-century editions

1467

Good; stable paper; possible usual traces of use and moderate oxidation typical of the period

Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis

Copy with complete engraved plate