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Cervantes de Saavedra, Miguel de.
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description
- El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Juan de la Cuesta for Francisco de Robles, 1608
- Paper
4to (203 x 139mm.), woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 3 illustrations from later editions bound in, black crushed morocco by Randeynes & fils gilt, edges gilt, slightly browned, corners slightly rubbed
Literature
Palau 51982
Catalogue Note
The third Madrid edition of part one of Don Quixote (Part II was not published until 1615) and the last to be corrected by the author. On its first publication in 1605, Don Quixote was an immediate success, resulting in the proliferation of editions by various publishers, as the original publisher failed to register the copyright outside his native Castile. Although scholars have not agreed on the extent of Cervantes' involvement in the1608 edition, it is widely acknowledged that this edition contains important revisions made by the author and is essential to the establishment of a definitive critical edition.