Lot 1571
Cervantes, Don Quixote. 4 Bde.
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Auction schedule:
15th Nov. 2017 session starting 12:00 p.m.
Superb Edition
Cervantes Saavedra, M. de. El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Nueva edicion corregida por la real Academia Espanola. 4 Bde. Madrid, Ibarra, 1780. 4to (31:24 cm). Mit 4 gest. Titeln, 1 gest. Porträt des Verfassers, 31 Kufpertafeln von Muntaner, Fabregat, Selma, Moles u.a. nach Joseph del Castillo, zahlr. Vignetten sowie grenzkol. gefalt. Kupferkarte. Ldr. d. Zt. mit reicher Rücken- , Deckel, Steh- und Innenkantenvergoldung sowie Kopfgoldschnitt, leicht berieben, Ecken und Kanten bestoßen, Gelenke von Bd. 1 gebrochen und Vordergelenk von Bd. 2 oben angebrochen; in 2 mod. Pp.-Schubern.
4 volumes. With engraved title to each volume, engraved portrait of Cervantes, 31 fine engraved plates after Joseph del Castillo, engraved head- and tail-pieces, and 1 engraved folding map coloured in outline. - Some foxing or thumb-soiling in places, occasional small marginal tears (partly restored). Broadmargined copy bound in contemporary gilt-decorated calf, slightly rubbed, some wear to joints and extremities, covers to first volume loosening, upper joint of vol. 2 partly cracked; preserved in 2 modern slipcases.
Palau 52024; Ford-Lansing 7; Benages-Fonbuena 60; Cohen-R. 218 f.; Lewine 103. - "Superb edition from the typographical as well as artistic point of view" (L.). Enthält zu Beginn von Bd. 1: "Prólogo de la Academia; Vida de... Cervántes Saavedra y anáisis del Quicote (por Vicente de los Ríos); Plan cronológico del Quixote; Pruebas y documentos que justifican la Vida de Cervántes" (F.-L.). - Gelegentlich etwas stock- oder fingerfleckig, einzelne kl. Randläsuren (teilw. hinterlegt). Insgesamt gutes, breitrandiges Exemplar.