56 - SPANISH THEATER. LITERATURE. 18th–19th Centuries. ACADEMIA DE LA ARCADIA.

SPANISH THEATER. LITERATURE. 18th–19th Centuries. ACADEMIA DE LA ARCADIA. MORATIN (Leandro Fernández de). Dramatic and Lyric Works, Among the Arcades of Rome, Inarco Celenio. Paris, Imprenta de A. Coniam, 1826. 3 volumes bound together in a sturdy volume in in-12 format (16 x 10.5 cm). One of the first editions of the collected works of MORATIN (1760–1828), a great Spanish playwright and poet of the late 18th century considered a representative of Spanish Neoclassicism. 306 pp. for vol. 1, 380 pp. for vol. 2, 385 pp. for vol. 3, in Spanish. Navy-blue morocco-embossed half-leather with period corners, smooth spine highlighted by double gilt fillets, gilt title. Includes the frontispiece portrait of the author in a medallion, engraved in black. An old English (19th-century) dedication in pen on the upper inside front cover. Binding slightly rubbed. A few foxing spots and slightly oxidized paper.