Rey don Alfonso, el de la mano horadada
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John Carter Brown LibraryCall Number
B734 .V436rAuthor
Title Page
El Rey D. Alfonso el de la mano horadada :comedia famosa /
de un ingenio de esta corte.
Caption Title
Comedia famosaImprint
[Sevilla] : Con licencia : En Sevilla en la Imprenta de la Vniversidad, y à costa de don Joseph Navarro y Armijo, y la viuda de don Diego Lopez de Haro; donde se hallarà esta, y otras muchas que cada dia se imprimen correctas fielmente por sus primitivos originales. [between 1739 and 1771]Language(s) of text
SpanishPhysical Description
23, [1] p. ; 21 cm (4to)Signatures
A-C⁴ (C4 verso blank)General Notes
Attributed to Luis Vélez de Guevara by the online catalogue of the Biblioteca Nacional de España. First printed under title: Disparates del rey don Alfonso de la mano horadada, in Parte diez y ocho de Comedias nuevas escogidas de los mejores ingenios, Madrid, 1662. According to the VIAF, Joseph Navarro y Armijo was a printer-bookseller active in Seville from 1734-1781? and was the principal printer to the University in Seville.There exist two plays of this title, burlesque and serious. This is the burlesque, published in Escogidas 18(Madrid: Gregorio Rodríguez, 1662), Urzáiz Tortajada attributes it to Luis Vélez de Guevara, but mentions other candidates that had been studied.
Citation Reference
Urzáiz Tortajada, H. Catálogo de autores teatrales del siglo XVII, p. 705.Printer's Series Number
Num. 56.Page Number On Page 1
NoLocal Notes
John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: p. 15-16 are torn and wanting lower foredge cornerthese pages are suppled in facsimile and housed in the bibliographical file
some leaves are closely cropped at foredge, affecting the final letters of the lines of the text. Copy disbound and sewn into modern blue wrappers
"En Lima, en la tienda de la imprenta, calle de Concha" stamped on p. [1], 2nd count, below ms. annotation which is partially crossed out
copy acquired with the assistance of the Bromsen Fund