DON QUIXOTE BY MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA 1755 Spanish Edition, Illustrated
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[Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616)]. Vida y hechos del ingenioso hidalgo don quixote de la mancha Compuesta por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Tomo primero [-quarto]. Con muy bellas estampas, gravadas sobre los dibujos de Coypel, primer pintor de la Rey de Francia. En Amsterdam y en Lipsia [Leipzig], por Arkestee y Merkus, MDCCLV [1755].
Hardcover. Spanish language edition. In four volumes (complete). Octavo (155 x 105 mm), Vol. I: pp...., [2], VII, [1], 175, [1] en bl., [XVI], [4], 224; Vol. II: pp., [8], 406; Vol. III: pp. [8], 414 [i.e. 420]; Vol. IV: pp. [8], 407. [+24 leaves of plates outside the pagination]. Signatures: [ ]¹ *⁴ a-m⁸ n² A-O⁸; [ ]² *² A-Z⁸ Aa-Bb⁸ Cc⁴; [ ]² *² A-Z⁸ Aa-Cc⁸; [ ]² *² A-Z⁸ Aa-Bb⁸ Cc⁴. Contemporary full tan calf. Five raised spine bands. Gilt banding and titles. Red morocco lettering-pieces. Red speckled page edges. Spanish text in Roman and Italic letter. Title-pages printed in red and black with woodcut devices. Half-titles present in vols. II-IV. Decorative capitals. Head- and tail-pieces. Footnotes. Initial and terminal blanks present. The beginning of vol. I includes a life of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra by Gregorio Maryáns Y Siscár (with separate title page - pp. vii, [1], 175, [1] in bl.). 24 fine xylographic plates throughout, including port. frontis. to vol. I, by Charles-Antoine Coypel, court painter to the King of France. Nice armorial ex-Libris plates of Sir William Forbes Bar of Pitsligo to front pastedowns. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. The original bindings are remarkably well preserved with hinges tight and secure, the points and spine ends showing just a touch of rubbing. The textblock remains very clean. Scarce.
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Hardcover. Spanish language edition. In four volumes (complete). Octavo (155 x 105 mm), Vol. I: pp...., [2], VII, [1], 175, [1] en bl., [XVI], [4], 224; Vol. II: pp., [8], 406; Vol. III: pp. [8], 414 [i.e. 420]; Vol. IV: pp. [8], 407. [+24 leaves of plates outside the pagination]. Signatures: [ ]¹ *⁴ a-m⁸ n² A-O⁸; [ ]² *² A-Z⁸ Aa-Bb⁸ Cc⁴; [ ]² *² A-Z⁸ Aa-Cc⁸; [ ]² *² A-Z⁸ Aa-Bb⁸ Cc⁴. Contemporary full tan calf. Five raised spine bands. Gilt banding and titles. Red morocco lettering-pieces. Red speckled page edges. Spanish text in Roman and Italic letter. Title-pages printed in red and black with woodcut devices. Half-titles present in vols. II-IV. Decorative capitals. Head- and tail-pieces. Footnotes. Initial and terminal blanks present. The beginning of vol. I includes a life of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra by Gregorio Maryáns Y Siscár (with separate title page - pp. vii, [1], 175, [1] in bl.). 24 fine xylographic plates throughout, including port. frontis. to vol. I, by Charles-Antoine Coypel, court painter to the King of France. Nice armorial ex-Libris plates of Sir William Forbes Bar of Pitsligo to front pastedowns. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. The original bindings are remarkably well preserved with hinges tight and secure, the points and spine ends showing just a touch of rubbing. The textblock remains very clean. Scarce.
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