[Rarebooks] FOR SALE: 1850s SPANISH SATIRICAL PERIODICAL

[Norman Kane]

EL PADRE COBOS, PERIODICO DE POLITICA, LITERATURA Y ARTES.   Madrid: A. Vicinte, 1855-56.  Approx. 14 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches, old quarter leather, rubbed, some wear.  2 volumes     in 1, complete (all published), June 25th, 1854 - June 30th, 1856.  52 & 60 numbers (total, 112),   2 title pages, double-columns, most issues are 4 pages.  There are in addition 8 Supplements.  The editor was Dr. Francisco Lopez.  Several small name-stamps of M. Morales Bell, road engineer.  The pages are clean and unworn. Each issue carries on the masthead a cowled man holding a small (snuff??) box.  (A satirical revue with Carlist tendencies.  There are articles, much poetry, some advts, &c.)   Rather scarce.  $350.00                                                            (Trade Discount Available)
                                                      


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Proprietor: Norman Kane (50 years as an antiquarian bookseller.)