62 - CERVANTES (Miguel de).

CERVANTES (Miguel de). • [The Valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha, or The Story of His Great Feats of Arms, Faithful Loves, and Strange Adventures. Faithfully translated […] by Cæsar OUDIN. In Rouen, published by David Ferrand, 1646]. •• The Story of the Ingenious and Formidable Knight, Don Quixote of La Mancha […]. And faithfully translated into our language by F. de ROSSET. In Paris, at the shop of Jean Mestais, Printer & Bookseller, 1625. 2 volumes, small 8vo, sheepskin, smooth spine with decoration (18th-century binding). • [X (of XIV, Title Page & Epistle to the King missing)] + 730 + [VI (Table of Contents, missing here)] pp.; •• [VI (Title and Dedication, placed here at the beginning of the first part)] + 877 + [V] pp., signed: • [3 ff. from the second part], a3–a7, A–Z8, Aa–Yy8, Zz5 (out of 8); & •• [Handwritten title page], A–Z8, Aa–Zz8, Aaa–Fff8, Ggg4. • Seventh French edition of the first part, translated by César OUDIN (circa 1560–1625). •• THIRD FRENCH EDITION of the SECOND PART, translated by François de ROSSET (1571–1619), dedicated to Marie de Rohan de Montbazon (1600–1679), Duchess of Chevreuse. COPY ENRICHED WITH A SET OF TWELVE ENGRAVED AND FOLDED PLATES. • Two folios are missing (Title Page + “Epistle to the King” by César Oudin) and three folios (Table of Contents) in Part One. •• The 3 folios at the beginning of the second part (Title page + 2 folios: “Epistle” “To Madame de Chevreuse”) are bound here at the beginning of the first part. On this title page, the notation “Third Edition” has been scraped off and replaced with the handwritten notation “Volume One.” In its place, a calligraphic title reading “Volume Two” has been placed at the beginning of the volume. A damaged cap; skin wear; a copy with narrow margins and damage to the paratext (and loss of captions on most of the plates); water stains and soiling on the first three folios of Vol. I; a tear with loss of text on folios à3 & Hh7; worm damage and some water stains in Vol. II. Losada-Goya, *Critical Bibliography of Spanish Literature in France in the 17th Century*, 162–164; Palau, II, 162.