![[Celestina] [Silva, Feliciano de]., Segunda Comedia de Celestina en la qual se trata de los amores de un cavallero llamado Felides: y de una donzella de clara sangre llamada Polandria, donde pueden salir para los que leyere muchos y grandes avisos que della se pueden tomas, S.a. [c.1550]. S.l. [Antwerp].](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_1600,h_1600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/hsrarebooks/images/view/913a0e8105bce3b3414d15d7fb612de8j/hsrarebooks-celestina-silva-feliciano-de-.-segunda-comedia-de-celestina-en-la-qual-se-trata-de-los-amores-de-un-cavallero-llamado-felides-y-de-una-donzella-de-clara-sangre-llamada-.jpg)
![[Celestina] [Silva, Feliciano de]., Segunda Comedia de Celestina en la qual se trata de los amores de un cavallero llamado Felides: y de una donzella de clara sangre llamada Polandria, donde pueden salir para los que leyere muchos y grandes avisos que della se pueden tomas, S.a. [c.1550]. S.l. [Antwerp].](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_1600,h_1600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/artlogicstorage/hsrarebooks/images/view/bcadbe59dbb1c1fd9c5bca02bd38c7e9j/hsrarebooks-celestina-silva-feliciano-de-.-segunda-comedia-de-celestina-en-la-qual-se-trata-de-los-amores-de-un-cavallero-llamado-felides-y-de-una-donzella-de-clara-sangre-llamada-.jpg)
[Celestina] [Silva, Feliciano de].
The Segunda Comedia is a continuation of Celestina’s story, resurrecting her for more intrigue and matchmaking, it is not written by Rojas, but by Silva, a prolific and influential writer of chivalric romance in Renaissance Spain. First printed in 1534, all early editions of this “second part” are extraordinarily rare; it is dedicated to Francisco de Zuniga Guzman y Sotomayor Duque de Bejar. Silva is credited to have written continuations to the Amadis de Gaula as the Don Florisel de Niquea.
8vo, (111 x 78 mm). 1 [blank], 228 ff. Contemporary limp vellum, spine lettered in ink, foot of spine with small loss of vellum, somewhat soiled, lettering faded, else a fine example of the original binding. Somewhat toned as usual, else fine.
The Celestina is probably the most celebrated literary work in the Spanish language before the publication of the Don Quijote, “the first connected long story with a complete plot written in modern literature” (Maggs, cat. 495); it marks the transition between medieval and renaissance literature. The title “Celestina” instead of “Tragicomedia” would only appear in 1595.
Provenance: ownership inscription to title page “De la Mattiere”, and faded stamp “Le Coquereaumont – Sinclair”, somewhat toned as usual, else fine.
Palau, 313274; Salva, 1415 “mui rara”; Peeters-Fontainas, 1194, dates it c.1550.
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