In-8 (228 x 142 mm): [3] ff, 336 pp, [1] f. Red half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt fillet, between the spines decorated with a cold-stamped rose pattern, double gilt fillets and geometrical decorations and gilt leaves, author, title and date in gilt, gilt head (Thierry sc. de Petit-Simier).
First edition. A very rare first edition of this quintessentially romantic work set in nineteenth-century Spain. The author was largely inspired by his travels in Spain, initially published in 1843 in Tra Los Montes. A copy with wide margins. Collector's monogram on first cover.
