Novelas Exemplares y Amorosas de Doña María de Zayas y Sotomayor, Natural de Madrid ; Primera y Segunda Parte ;

Madrid: Viuda de B. Lopez, 1814. Octavo in sewn binding with offwhite endpapers; an unbound copyin 2 p. l., 528 p. 22 cm. A legitimately deaccessioned ex-library copy with no labels. Only markings are small glue traces of a circulation slip to front free endpaper (wrap) verso, and two red institutional stamps to lower margins of two pages only. These are the only From a graduate seminar library and never circulated, Either the original binding was expertly removed, or the book was never bound, and thus appears in its naked 'paperback' form. Else Near Fine thus. Very tight and clean with extremely light edgewear. "Zayas | Novelas" written in a contemporary hand to spine. . Paperback.

In Spanish. "María de Zayas y Sotomayor (1590–1661) wrote during Spain's Golden Age of literature. She is considered by a number of modern critics as one of the pioneers of modern literary feminism, while others consider her simply a well-accomplished baroque author. The female characters in de Zayas' stories were used as vehicles to enlighten readers about the plight of women in Spanish society, or to instruct them in proper ways to live their lives." --Wikipedia