Biblioteca de Autores Españoles Poetas Castellanos Anteriores al Siglo XV_ Castilian Poets Prior to the 15th Century
192584809Madrid: Librería y Casa Editorial Hernando S.A. 1925. ### What the book is<br /> It's Volume 57 of the Biblioteca de Autores Españoles titled:<br /> <br /> _Poetas Castellanos Anteriores al Siglo XV_ <br /> Castilian Poets Prior to the 15th Century<br /> <br /> Published in Madrid 1925 by Librería y Casa Editorial Hernando S.A.<br /> <br /> Bookplate. Owner signature.<br /> <br /> ### What this volume contains<br /> It's a curated anthology of early Castilian poetry-material from before the 1400s-drawn from medieval manuscripts. The editorial lineage is notable:<br /> <br /> - Tomás Antonio Sánchez began the original collection in the late 18th century. <br /> - Pedro José Pidal a major 19th‑century statesman and scholar continued the project. <br /> - Florencio Janer expanded and annotated it using direct manuscript comparison.<br /> <br /> So this isn't just a reprint; it's part of a long scholarly tradition of recovering Spain's earliest vernacular literature.<br /> <br /> ### Why it matters<br /> The Biblioteca de Autores Españoles series is one of the foundational national editions of Spanish literature-massive authoritative and historically important. This particular volume is especially valued because:<br /> <br /> - It preserves pre‑Renaissance Castilian verse much of it otherwise scattered in archives. <br /> - It reflects early philological methods comparing codices and manuscript variants. <br /> - It helped define the canon of medieval Spanish poetry for modern scholarship. Librería y Casa Editorial Hernando (S.A.)** unknown
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