Quevedo, Reader of Nebrija and Pérez de Guzmán

Abstract

This article reports on two new books that may have belonged to Quevedo’s library: the Sapientum dicta vafre by Nebrija, in an edition of 1577, and the so-called Crónica de don Juan Segundo, in the recast attributed to Pérez de Guzmán, dated 1517. Both are preserved in the Real Academia Española, and include the name of the writer on the title page, as well as marginal notes that show features typical of Quevedesque calligraphy and can be attributed to his pen. Other annotations and underlining are, on the other hand, of uncertain authorship.