CERVANTES, Miguel de.

Comedias y Entremeses.

Miguel de Cervantes' Comedias y Entremeses

Madrid: En la Imprenta de Antonio Marin, 1749.

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Finely bound example of this collection of plays from the author of "Don Quixote". Octavo, two volumes, written in Spanish, bound in full contemporary Spanish limp parchment with alum-tawed knot-and-loop closures, woodcut title page vignettes, illustrated with woodcut head- and tail-pieces throughout. In good condition with chipping to the extremities. With a prologue about the comedies of Spain. From the collection of Ken Rapoport with his bookplate to the front pastedowns.

Miguel de Cervantes’s Comedias y Entremeses (1615) is a collection of plays that highlights his versatility as a dramatist and his engagement with the theatrical culture of early modern Spain. The volume includes both full-length comedias and shorter entremeses (interludes), the latter often regarded as Cervantes’s most successful dramatic form for their sharp social satire, lively characterization, and humor. While his longer plays struggled to find the same stage popularity as those of contemporaries like Lope de Vega, the entremeses reveal Cervantes’s keen eye for everyday life and his ability to capture the voices of common people, blending comic invention with subtle critique of social norms.