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CERVANTES (Miguel de). History of the admirable Don Quixote de la Mancha. Paris, Claude Barbin, 1681. 5 vol. small in-12 blue morocco, spines richly decorated, title and tomaison gilt, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, filleted edges, inner lace, gilt tr. The 5th and last volume is the one of the edition in 6 volumes of 1696 by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam (this 5th volume being sometimes added to this edition of 1681 in 4 volumes). The illustration consists of 45 engraved figures out of text (12+6+9+9+9) including the 5 frontispieces. A very nice copy. Very rare and beautiful French edition of Don Quixote translated by Filleau de Saint Martin. "Uncommon, it includes all of Cervantes' Don Quixote. Some curious people add the 5th volume of the Amsterdam edition, P. Mortier, 1696" (Willems). (Brunet, I, 1751; Willems, 1954.)

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CERVANTES (Miguel de). History of the admirable Don Quixote de la Mancha. Paris, Claude Barbin, 1681. 5 vol. small in-12 blue morocco, spines richly decorated, title and tomaison gilt, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, filleted edges, inner lace, gilt tr. The 5th and last volume is the one of the edition in 6 volumes of 1696 by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam (this 5th volume being sometimes added to this edition of 1681 in 4 volumes). The illustration consists of 45 engraved figures out of text (12+6+9+9+9) including the 5 frontispieces. A very nice copy. Very rare and beautiful French edition of Don Quixote translated by Filleau de Saint Martin. "Uncommon, it includes all of Cervantes' Don Quixote. Some curious people add the 5th volume of the Amsterdam edition, P. Mortier, 1696" (Willems). (Brunet, I, 1751; Willems, 1954.)

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18 illustrations for an edition of "Don Quixote". 18th c Engravings, c. 10,5 x 6,1 cm (image), laid paper, numb. (few light stains). Mounted on passe-partout. Probably from "Histoire de l'admirable Don Quichotte de La Manche" published in Paris by Dufart in 1798. Joined: Gille (?) - Don Quixote. 2004. Drypoint, 24,1 x 15,1 cm, wove paper, pencil signed, dated and numb. 10/25 (19 pcs)

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

AMERICAN EDITION PRINTED IN CHINA CERVANTES (Miguel de). DON QUIXOTE Somerville, Massachusetts (USA), Candlewick, [2009] A large in-4° volume of 350 pp. "Dust Jacket" illustrated in color. A fine copy. Very carefully edited. The text is adapted by Martin Jenkins and illustrated by Chris Riddell. The layout is highly original, and the full-page black and color illustrations are inspired by the pre-Raphaelite movement. A fine example of the continuing interest in this masterpiece across the Atlantic. Last but not least, this book was printed in China! AN ENGLISH MINUSCULE OF DON QUIXOTE PUBLISHED IN PERU (enclosed). CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). DOM QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA. Lima (Peru), Los libros mas pequeños del Mundo, 2010. Two volumes, in-128 (6, 5 cm), 430 pp, 4 ff and 430 pp, 4 ff. Publisher's full color illustrated boards. Minuscule edition of Don Quixote in English, printed in Peru in an edition of 1,000 copies. Edited by Pedro Alberto Briceño Polo. Design and Diagramming: Daniel Araujo, Edhino Ceopa, Rocio Sotomayor. Illustrations inspired by Gustave Doré. The translation is approximate and must be computer-generated! A US EDITION TRANSLATED IN SCOTLAND AND PRINTED IN CHINA! (Included). CERVANTES (Miguel de). DON QUIXOTE. San Diego. Canterbury Classics. [2013] A large in-8° volume (6 ff, 826 pp) full ochre synthetic binding inlaid with proverbs with the names of Don Quixote in green and the author in brown (Very original publisher's binding). English edition translated by John Ormsby (1829-1895), published in Glasgow in 1901 according to Palau (52626). It was published in the USA and printed in China! The text is accompanied by a few footnotes.

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

LOT OF MODERN BROCHURES in-12 and in-8° : -Pierre Etienne Marcel. La rencontre de Cervantès et Don Quichotte, Grasset, 1927. -Emile Gebhart. De Panurge à Sancho Pança, Paris, Bloud, 1911. fourth edition. -Martial Douël. L'héroïque misère de Miguel de Cervantès, esclave barbaresque. Paris, La vraie France, 1930. -Jean Babelon. Cervantes. Paris, Nlle revue critique (1939) unpublished. -Notice, sa vie, son œuvre. Paris, bnf, 1947. -Nabokov. Littératures III, Don Quichotte. Fayard, 1986. -Olivier Weber. Le barbaresque. Flammarion, 2011. -Victor-Levy Beaulieu. Don Quichotte de la démanche. Quebec, Typo, 2001. -Nassim Benaissa. Folie et Nihilisme, essai d'interprétation philosophique de Don Quichotte. L'Harmattan, 2008. -Donald P. McCrory. No ordinary man. The life and times of Miguel de Cervantes. Dover, NY. 2006, illustrations. -Ashbee. An iconography of Don Quixote. Facsimile of the 1895 edition. -Francisco Lopez Fabra. Iconografia de Don Quijote. Facsimile of the 1879 edition. 101 laminas out of 257 anos. -Jose Manuel Lucia Megias. Los Primeros illustradores del Quijote. Ollero y Ramos (2005)

Estim. 80 - 120 EUR

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de) - Vida y hechos del ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha - Haia [The Hague] ; P. Gosse, A. Moetjens, 1744. 4 vols. in-12 bound in full contemporary marbled calf, ornate spines, red edges (slight spotting). Text in Spanish, 14 vignettes after Coypel engraved by Folkema outside the text. A good copy.

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