Larra,M.J.de. Obras completas de Figaro (Don Mariano Jose de Larra). 2nd ed. 2 vols. Paris, Baudry 1857. with portrait frontispiece in steel engraving. XX, 560 p., 2 pp., 590 pp. Hardcover d. With blind and gold embossing. (Some rubbing and wear). (= Coleccion de los mejores autores espanoles, vols. XLVII-XLVIII). - L. (b. 1809, suicide 1837), wrote his satires partly under the pseudonym Figaro. - Front cover vol. 1 with ownership inscription (on portrait) and 1 further inscription before the main title. Dedic.

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