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247 - CERVANTÈS. ATALAYA.

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€400 - 600

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31.2%

CERVANTÈS. ATALAYA. “Rinconète and Cortadillo,” a short story. Paris, Librairie artistique H. Launette et Cie, Boudet, 1891. Large 8vo (28.5 x 19 cm), (3) folios, 116 pages, (3) folios, 4 pages for the catalog of drawings and illustrations. Contemporary havana morocco, ribbed spine, author, title, and date in gold, ornate panels, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, double gilt fillet on the edges, guilloché caps, green silk lining on the endpapers and headbands, gilt metal and fillets on the headbands, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved [Chambolle-Duru]. Description: A very fine copy, perfectly bound by Chambolle-Duru. An illustrated edition featuring 67 woodcut compositions by H. Atalaya. Translated by Louis Viardot. Printed in an edition of 175 copies, including 25 special editions on Japanese paper, featuring a watercolor by Atalaya on the half-title page and a black-and-white suite of all the woodcuts printed separately. This is No. 2. Enriched with the subscription announcement. Provenance: Amélie Blumenfeld-Sciama; ex libris label (19th century) with the initials “hBs” engraved on steel by Stern.

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Books & Manuscripts
Wednesday, December 2
11:00 AM
164 bis, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

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