L'homme detrompe, ou Le criticon de Baltazar Gracian. Traduit de l'espagnol. - [FIRST COMPLETE FRENCH TRANSLATIO OF 'EL CRITICON']

A La Haye, Jaccob van Ellinckhuysen, 1705. 8vo. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to spine. Gilt super ex-libris to front board. Wear to extremities, corner bumped and boards with scratches. Internally nice and clean. (12), 282, (17) pp.

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Rare first complete French translation of Gracián’s vol. 1 of El Criticon first published in 1651. Various French editions were published in the end of the 17th century (París, Colombat, 1696 París, Colombat, 1697 Brussels, T’Sertstevens, 1696 Brussels, François Serstevens, Brussels, François Foppens, 1697), all incomplete. This present 1705 translation is considered the best and also serves as basis for the modern reissue by Alfred Coster (1931). El Criticon is considered one of the masterpieces of Spanish Baroque literature and is regarded, along with Don Quixote and La Celestina, to be one of the most influential works in Spanish literature,