Valencia (1518)

Title

Valencia (1518)

Creator

Juan Jofré and anonymous illustrator

Date

1518

Description

 

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Rojas, Fernando de, Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea, Valencia, by Juan Joffre, 1518.
  • Total of 26 engravings. It is almost an identical copy of the Valencia (1514) edition, but it adds two more engravings at the end to illustrate the paratexts "The author concludes" and "Alonso de Proaza corrector of the impression to the reader." The first engraving is repeated twice, in the mentioned J5r page and before in the A2r accompanying the paratext "The author apologizing."
  • Only one known copy is conserved at the British Library C.64.d.4.
  • Marciales' description: "M. Segunda de Valencia, marzo 27, 1518, Juan Jofré\\Joffr'e. Only existing copy in the British Museum C.64.d.4. Literal copy matching the layout of J (edition from the same printer from 1514), of which he corrects some errors. Like J, he adds an eigth to Proaza's at the end (AP.5b) and in addition brings a repeated xylograph from the Author and another from the Corrector." V. I, p. 7
Bibliography: Canet Vallés, José Luis. "El impresor valenciano Juan Jofré." Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea: (Valencia, Juan Joffre, 1514). Ed. Nicasio Salvador Miguel. Valencia: Institució Alfons el Magnànim, 1999. 39-52.

Engraving from Valencia 1518 depicting "Alonso de Proaza corrector de la impresión" (Alonso de Proaza corrector of printing)
Image of a person writing at a desk with a quill in his hand.

Engraving from Valencia (1518) depicting "El autor disculpándose" y "Concluye el autor" (The author apologizes; The author concludes)
This image depicts the author, supposedly Rojas, dressed as a university student. Plants in the background. This image is often labeled as "the author as a young man" to distinguish it from the image of the author in the Valencia (1529) edition by…
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