Two Spanish Verse Chap-Books
Romançe de Amadis (c. 1515–19), Juyzio Hallado Y Trabado (c. 1510)

This book, first published in 1969, explores two chap-books from Spain.

F. J. Norton (Author), Edward M. Wilson (Author)

9780521134941, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 11 March 2010

108 pages
25.4 x 17.8 x 0.6 cm, 0.2 kg

A facsimile edition of two probably unique, and undescribed before this books publication in 1969, early sixteenth-century Spanish verse chap-books, printed at Burgos and Salamanca between 1510 and 1520. Mr Norton and Professor Wilson provide a substantial introduction on their literary or bibliographical importance, and a supplementary checklist of Spanish chap-books before 1521. The first of the chap-books has four leaves, and gives important early printed forms of six ballad texts. The second has six leaves and is a nonsense poem. The first is interesting to students of folk-literature; both illustrate the survival of medieval topics and writing styles, and the mingling of oral and printed traditions in early sixteenth-century Spain.

Abbreviated references
1. History of the volume
2. The printers
3. The poetical chap-book in Spain up to 1520
4. List of poetical chap-books up to 1520 (including marginal works)
5. The text of the Burgos chap-book
6. Oral and printers' variants in sixteenth-century texts of Spanish ballads
7. The Salamanca chap-book
Index of the first lines
Index of authors
Select index of titles
Romançe de Amadis (Facsimile)
Juyzio halloado y trobado (facsimile).

Subject Areas: Bibliographies, catalogues [GBCR]