Comedias Sueltas Database ID#

39721

Call Number

PQ6282.C789

Title Page

La cruz en la sepultura :

comedia famosa. /

De Don Pedro Calderon. ; Representòla Avendaño.

Variant Title(s)

Crvz en la sepvltvra

Caption Title

Comedia famosa

Imprint

[Sevilla : Francisco de Lyra, ca. 1640]

Language(s) of text

Spanish

Physical Description

[32] pages ; 21 cm (4to)

Signatures

Signatures: A-D⁴

General Notes

Catchwords: A4v: to- ; B4v: por ; C4v: di.
This play, with this title, is an early version of La devoción de la Cruz.
D.W. Cruickshank suggests that the type and tailpiece indicate that this suelta was printed in Seville by Francisco de Lyra, circa 1640 (email communication).
Woodcut tailpiece, page [32]: vegetal arabesque.

Citation Reference

Szmuk, S.E. Calderón Sueltas in the Collection of the Hispanic Society of America, no. 53.

Local Notes

No. 2 of 12, in bound volume of plays by various authors.
Limp vellum binding with binder's title: Comedias diferentes.

Subject/Genre/Themes

Spanish drama--Classical period, 1500-1700.

Genre/Form data

aat--Tailpieces (layout features)
aat--Woodcuts (prints)
rbprov--NNH--Sammelbands.

Added Entries

Lyra, Francisco de, active 1611-1650 (printer)
Compañía de Cristóbal de Avendaño (acting company)