MIGUEL DE CERVANTES (1547-1616) EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA. Edition based on the text by Francisco Rodríguez Marín, from the Spanish Royal Academy. With comments by the most eminent Cervantes experts selected by Juan Givanel y Más, from the Royal Academy of Fine Letters of Barcelona and preceded by the Life and Portrait of Cervantes by Miguel S. Oliver. With illustrations by Ricardo Balaca and José Luis Pellicer. Published by Montaner y Simon, S. A., Editores. Barcelona 1930. Two volumes. Good state of preservation, with defects on the binding of the spine due to age. 37.5 x 29 x 7 cm.

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