The pleasant adventures of the witty Spaniard, Lazarillo de Tormes. Of his birth and education; of his arch tricks in the service of the blind man, the priest, the squire, and several others; of his dining with Duke Humphrey, &c. Of his voyage to the Indies, his shipwrack, and of his being taken out of the sea, and shown for a monstrous fish: and lastly, of his turning hermit, and writing these memoirs. Being all the true remains of that so much admired author. To which is added, The life and death of young Lazarillo, heir apparent to the old Lazarillo de tormes: by which it plainly appears, that the son would have far exceeded the father in ingenuity, had he not come to an untimely end in a House-of-office

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  • The pleasant adventures of the witty Spaniard, Lazarillo de Tormes. Of his birth and education; of his arch tricks in the service of the blind man, the priest, the squire, and several others; of his dining with Duke Humphrey, &c. Of his voyage to the Indies, his shipwrack, and of his being taken out of the sea, and shown for a monstrous fish: and lastly, of his turning hermit, and writing these memoirs. Being all the true remains of that so much admired author. To which is added, The life and death of young Lazarillo, heir apparent to the old Lazarillo de tormes: by which it plainly appears, that the son would have far exceeded the father in ingenuity, had he not come to an untimely end in a House-of-office
  • Lazarillo de Tormes. English
  • Lazarillo de Tormes. English. ; Second part of the life of Lazarillo de Tormes; Life and death of young Lazarillo
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Imprint
London : printed by J. Leake, and sold by most booksellers in London and Westminster, MDCLXXXVIII. [1688]
Publication year
1688
ESTC No.
R34555
Grub Street ID
117079
Description
[12], 203, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : : ill. ; 12°.
Note
A fictitious autobiography attributed to Diego Hurtado de Mendoza

With initial frontispiece (plate)

Imprimatur on verso of title page: Licensed, September 19. 1687

"The second part of the life of Lazarillo de Tormes." has a divisional title page on leaf G4r; pagination and register are continuous

"The life and death of young Lazarillo" has a separate dated title page on leaf I1r; pagination and register are continuous.
Uncontrolled note
Attribution from the Instituto Nacional del Libro Espa-ol