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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (MIGUEL DE) El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, annotations in French (various hands) in the text, on the upper pastedown, and on the first free endpaper; missing K7–8, L1–L4, Y5–Y7, and Ee6–Ee8 (supplied in manuscript), K5–K6 and Y8 torn with text loss (supplied in manuscript), last leaf torn with text loss, light toning, armorial binding of polished tortoiseshell calf bearing the coat of arms of Louis Treslon-Cauchon, spine lettered and elaborately tooled in gilt, compartments with double-rule borders and alternating griffin and fleur-de-lys cross motifs, upper cover detached, corners bumped, some loss to the top of the spine, 8vo (165 x 100 mm), Brussels, Roger Velpius and Huberto Antonio, 1611 Footnotes: RARE BRUSSELS EDITION OF DON QUIXOTE IN A CONTEMPORARY BINDING FEATURING THE COAT OF ARMS OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FRENCH BIBLIOPHILES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. This edition of the first part of Don Quixote is the second published by Velpius in Brussels (following the 1607 edition) and the tenth edition of this text since the 1605 Madrid edition. The contemporary binding bears the coat of arms of Louis Treslon-Cauchon, known as Hesselin (1602–1622). On the spine, the griffin and the fleur-de-lis reference the heraldic emblems of the Hesselin family. Hesselin was a prominent public intellectual and an ardent bibliophile who assembled a renowned private library containing rare volumes on science, mathematics, and philosophy, alongside an impressive collection of Venetian art. Books from Hesselin’s collection, in their contemporary armorial bindings, are extremely rare. In the 1650s, Hesselin served as “surintendant des plaisirs du roi” (superintendent of the king’s pleasures) at the court of the young Louis XIV, orchestrating extravagant ballets, fireworks displays, and concerts for the royal court. Provenance Louis Treslon-Cauchon (1602–1662), known as Hesselin; armorial binding; early ink annotations and a later one dated 1830. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: # # A reduced VAT rate of 5.5% will be charged on the buyer’s premium. This is subject to change by the government, and the rate payable will be the rate in effect on the date of the sale.For books, the buyer’s premium is subject to a reduced VAT rate of 5.5%. This rate is subject to change by the French authorities, and the rate payable will be the rate in effect on the date of the sale. For further information on this lot, please visit Bonhams.com