ALEMAN (Mateo) The Life of Guzman d'Alfarache Amsterdam: R. & J. Wetstein, G. Smith, 1728. - 3 volumes in-12, frontispiece, (11 ff.), 432 pp. 6 plates; frontispiece, (3 ff.), 374 pp. (1 blank f.), 4 plates; frontispiece, (3 ff.), 327 pp. 6 plates. Blond calf, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate smooth spine, gilt edges (contemporary binding). New edition of Gabriel Bremond's French adaptation of the famous picaresque novel by Spanish novelist Mateo Alemán (1547-1614?), first published in 1695. The illustration includes three frontispieces and 16 plates, the same as in 1695. A precious copy in a slightly later binding, fully ruled and including all the engravings and carefully painted ornaments, probably at the time of binding, i.e. circa 1750-1760, from the library of Count François Potocki (1788-1853). (Joints very skilfully restored.)