Valencian poetry book. XIX Century.

Valencian poetry book. XIX Century.
Album of Miss Doña Matilde Genovés y Corzo.
Set of handwritten poems, with some drawings.
Ink on paper, miniature leaves.
With leather binding.
Measurements: 18 x 25 x 2 cm.

Collection of poems by different 12 Valencian authors of the 19th century. Contains 11 works illustrated in watercolor, miniature drawing, notes and aquatint. The owners of the collection were a wealthy family well related to different personalities of the time and many of the poems are dedicated to their daughter. Possibly when these writers visited the family, they wrote in the notebook as a token of friendship.

Some of the authors are: Antonio Corzo y Barrera, Antonio Triao, Juan López Peñalver, Joaquín José Cervino, Federico Villalba, José González de Tejeda, Miguel Agustín Principe, R. Villaba, Ricardo Villanueva, Llofrín Lagrera, Agustín Tirgo Mezquita or Enrique Menéndez Pelayo.