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Exceedingly rare and spectacular 17th century editions of both volumes of Cervantesâ prized work, the remarkable Beilby Thompson-Maggs-Ortiz Linares copy with a shared provenance spanning over 320 years, this is among the oldest known sets of both parts paired and uniformly bound in the 18th century, comprising one of the most desirable pairings of the editions of each volume selected for the superior qualities of their respective printings: the third edition of Part I - printed in 1608 - being the last edition corrected and revised by Cervantes himself which remains its definitive form, and the scarce first edition of Part II â" printed in 1615 - which is one of the rarest editions of any of Cervantesâ works obtainable. Editions of Don Quixote printed during Cervantesâs lifetime are the crown jewel of Spanish book-collecting, as the four Folios of Shakespeare are to English book-collecting, a complete set in a uniform 18th century binding is of the utmost rarity; a once-in-a-lifetime acquisition. Octavo, two volumes uniformly bound in full 18th century granite basane with burgundy morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, double gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, speckled edges, wood engraved headpieces, initials and tailpieces, Juan de La Cuestaâs woodcut printerâs device of a hooded falcon with the motto Post Tenebras Spero Lucem to each title page. Part I: El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Por Juan de La Cuesta, vendese en casa de Francisco de Robles, librero del Rey, 1608. Third Madrid edition. The rare third Madrid edition of the first part of Cervantesâ masterpiece was the last edition to be corrected and revised by Cervantes himself and the best, in terms of printing quality and artistry, of the editions printed by La Cuesta. Its text contains additions and alterations of fundamental importance for modern critical editions and has remained an authority for centuries. Encouraged by the success of other fictional works, such as Mateo AlemaÌnâs GuzmaÌn de Alfarache (The life of Guzman de Alfarache), Francisco de Robles, printer to the king, bought the rights to publish Don Quixote in the summer of 1604 for 1,500 reales. On September 26, 1604, the privilege to print the work was granted and De Robles contracted Juan de la Cuesta, manager of the press of Pedro Madrigal in Madrid, to undertake the printing, which began in late September 1604 only days after the license to publish was granted. The printing was completed in December 1604 and Murcia de la Llana composed the errata. The true editio princeps (first printed edition) of Don Quixote was riddled with typos and errors due to the low-quality typography that characterized Spanish printing at the time and the speed with which the book was produced. Its success, however, was instantaneous and demand for more copies was so high that as early as March 1605 (only months after the completion of its first printing), de Robles and La Cuesta were planning a second edition. In June 1605, La Cuesta printed the second edition of Don Quixote which corrected many of the major errors of the first edition, but simultaneously created new ones. It was not until the third edition, again printed by La Cuesta at the expense of Robles in 1608, however, that the text of the first part of Don Quixote found its definitive form, revised by the author, himself, who lived âtwo steps away from the printing shopâ (Rico, p. xcii). This third edition contained Cervantes' final revisions. Title with the mark of Juan de La Cuesta, 2r: with the Tassa, dated Valladolid on December 20, 1604 (at 3 maravedis per sheet, the tax rises to 255 maravedis), and with an approval dated Madrid on June 25, 1608 signed by Francisco Murcia de la Llana, 2v: approval of Juan de Amezqueta dated Valladolid on September 26, 1604, 4r: dedication by Miguel de Cervantes to Alonso Diego Là pez de Zúñiga, 6th Duke of Bà jar (1578-1619), A1r: text (misplaced notebook), 1r: Prologue, 5r: poems and sonnets, B1r: continuation of the text, 2M6v: table of chapters Part II:ÂSegunda Parte del Ingenioso Cavallero Don Quixote de la Mancha. Por Juan de La Cuesta, vendese en casa de Francisco de Robles, librero del Rey, 1615. First edition. The original and very rare first edition released in 1615 would become an even greater success for Cervantes and, because it was devoured by the public so quickly, remaining copies are scarce. It is not certain when Cervantes began writing Part II of Don Quixote, but he had probably not proceeded much further than Chapter LIX by late July 1614. In September, however, a spurious Part II, entitled Second Volume of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha: by the Licenciado (doctorate) Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda, of Tordesillas, was published in Tarragona by an unidentified Aragonese who was an admirer of Lope de Vega, rival of Cervantes. Avellaneda's identity has been the subject of many theories, but there is no consensus as to who he was. Hastened to complete Part II in order to take revenge on Avellaneda, in January 1615, Cervantes finished the final chapters of Part II and it was published in November 1615, again by Juan de La Cuesta at the expense of Robles. The success was once again immediate and considerable. The book was devoured by the public to the point that, today, the first edition of Part II of 1615 is known to be rarer than that of Part I of 1605. Like the first edition of Part I of Don Quixote, the first edition of Part II contained many errors. In 1998, thanks to his remarkable study on the typographical recomposition of three notebooks from the original edition of 1615, R.M. Flores was able to carry out an extrapolation on the number of errors in the original editions of 1605 and 1615. He estimated this number at eight thousand possible errors and concluded, âIt is becoming more and more obvious that this is exactly what h.

An exceptional ensemble of lifetime editions, pairing the second printing of the second part (published only months after the first), with an early edition of the first part, with text corrections, published six years after the first. The first part was originally published in Madrid by Juan de la Cuesta in 1605; the second part was first published by Cuesta in 1615, the year before Cervantes's death. The first complete edition of Don Quixote, combining both parts with the same date, did not appear until 1617, in Barcelona. The first part here is the second Brussels edition, succeeding the first of 1607. It was published by Rutger Velpius, official printer to the court in Brussels, and his son-in-law Hubert Anthoine, who worked together from 1601 onwards. Based on the second Cuesta edition, it corrected several obvious errors in the text, although, astonishingly, only two of those corrections found their way into the third Cuesta edition of 1608. Velpius died around 1614-15, leaving Hubert Anthoine to succeed him. Anthoine's edition of the second part was published only a few months after the princeps by Cuesta and follows it closely. Brussels was a natural locus for publication of Don Quixote in northern Europe, as it was then under Hapsburg suzerainty as one of the capitals of the Spanish Netherlands. Don Quixote is a landmark of Western literature and one of the most-translated books in the world. "It was the variety, the liveliness, and the gibes at the famous, which won it instant fame. Within months Don Quixote and Sancho Panza had become legendary. Don Quixote is one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times, and there are very few who have not at one time or another felt themselves to be Don Quixote confronting the windmills of Sancho Panza at the inn" (PMM). Salva 1551 & 1553; Ruis 10 & 13; see Printing and the Mind of Man 111 (first ed. Madrid 1605). 2 separately published parts, octavo (vol. Woodcut historiated and floriated initials, head- and tailpieces. I, 163 x 103 mm; vol. II, 163 x 93 mm). Early 18th-century calf, decorated in similar style but not exactly matching, both with raised bands with elaborate gilt tooling in compartments, twin red morocco labels added sometime later (one since renewed), covers of vol. II bordered with a single gilt rule and board edges gilt, vol. II with French curl pattern marbled endpapers, edges sprinkled red. Housed in a dark brown quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Title page of vol. I with bookplate of the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris, and ownership inscription " " ("De Jin"), probably the French orientalist Joseph de Guignes (1721-1800); the pair latterly in the extensive library of Andre Gutzwiller (fl. 1958-1994), Swiss banker and bibliophile, with his bookplate to front pastedowns. Frequent annotations in French in ink, pencil, and red crayon (different hands) to both vols. Bindings square and firm, joints of both vols and two corners of vol. I skilfully repaired, a little loss of calf to edge of rear board of vol. I, title pages laid down on a later sheet, vol. I with closed tear to margin of three leaves and one margin with crude early repair (loss of initial letter on 11 lines), four small ink burns with loss of a few letters, occasional marks to contents, otherwise generally clean. An attractive set.

Exceedingly rare first complete edition in English of Cervantes' masterpiece comprising the second editionÂofÂtheÂfirst part andÂtheÂfirst editionÂofÂthe second part. Octavo, 2 volumes bound in full 19th century calf, engraved title in each volume. Translated from the original Spanish by Thomas Shelton whose first English translation published in 1612 was the first translation in any language and took him only forty days to complete. The true first edition of Don Quixote was published in Madrid by Francisco de Robles in two parts in 1605 and 1615. Shelton's first English translation first appeared in English in 1612, and was reissued in 1620 along with the first edition of the second part; the engraved title present in both volumes here was created for the second part, and is not present in all copies of the reissued first part. Both volumes are in near fine condition. (Pforzheimer 140; Grolier Langland to Wither 213). In near fine condition. Often cited as the first modern novel, Cervantes' masterpiece Don Quixote remains not only the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age, but the most important work of the entire Spanish literary canon. For its influence, innovation and critical status, it is "to Spanish literature what Shakespeare is to English" (Bloom) and has become globally regarded as "one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times" (PMM). The Shelton translation is generally considered the English translation that "realizes Cervantes' manner more nearly than any successor." (DNB). âIt is interesting to realize that the first modern novel was composed by a sick, aged and impoverished man, who believed that a satirical tale might produce more revenue than the poems and plays that he regarded as his more serious mission. Under the guise of a parody on romances of chivalry, Cervantes created a study of reality and illusion, madness and sanity, that links him with such acute 16th-century students of psychology as Erasmus, Rabelais, Montaigne, and Shakespeareâ (Folgerâs Choice 30).

hardcover. Condition: very good. first/2nd. Printed for Edward Blount. First complete edition in English, two volumes. First part is a 2nd edition, 1612, second part is a first edition, 1620. First part: leather-bound, in very good condition, some rubbing and wear, front gutter lightly cracking, rear gutter cracked, 2nd part: paper and partial leather rebound with new endpapers, near fine.

hardcover. Condition: very good. first. Printed for Edward Blount. First complete edition in English, two volumes. First part is a 1st edition, 1612, second part is a first edition, 1620. First part: leather-bound, in very good condition, some rubbing and wear, front gutter lightly cracking, rear gutter cracked, 2nd part: paper and partial leather rebound with new endpapers, near fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 8vo., pp (xxiv), 592 (viii). Roman letter, floreated woodcut initials, typographical headpieces and other ornaments. Light age yellowing, t-p margins dusty and small repair to one blank outer corner. A few little ink spots and finger marks, upper margin cut a bit close but well clear of text, a remarkably good, clean, completely original copy in handsome contemporary English calf, covers triple ruled in blind, raised bands, spine ruled and diagonally patterned at head and tail, later C17 red morocco label gilt, all edges blue, stubbs from a large, elegantly printed C16 Greek edition of Aristotle's De Anima. Book III. Elegant 'bookpile' bookplate of Arthur Charlett (1655-1722) with his monogram on front pastedown, that of Jean Peeters-Fontainas (1891-1975), 1933 on fly, early shelfmark E.5.7. on verso, pencil record of 1933 sale in Hodgson's rooms on rear free e.p, old Quaritch "collated + complete" above, label of Ellis bookdealers of 29 New Bond street on rear pastedown. In folding box. An outstanding English copy of one of the earliest editions of Don Quixote (first 1605) according to Ruis the best to date and the seventh overall. Most importantly, it was the first printed outside the Iberian peninsula, the edition that introduced the text to the non-Spanish world, and in particular to the readers of Northern Europe, who absolutely loved it. Often described as the first modern novel, copies were thoroughly read and examples in fine contemporary condition are rare. This copy was in England very soon after publication, the binding dates from the early years of the C17. Before the end of that century it was in the library of Arthur Charlett, Royal Chaplain, Master of University College Oxford, owner of a very extensive library - how many novels I wonder? He is probably responsible for the spine label and certainly the first 'bookpile' bookplate in England (cf. David Pearson) which he commissioned in 1698 from Samuel Peyps. After his death, intestate his books were sold at auction and widely dispersed. The next identifiable private owner, Jean Peeters-Fontainas was the pre-eminent bibliographer of the Spanish imprints of the Low Countries, then part of the Spanish Empire. Apart from vastly expanding Don Quixote's readership, Velpius also materially corrected and improved the text which is based on Cuesta's second edition (Madrid, 1605), but now shorn of its many errors and imperfections both of printing and in the text itself. As Alan Thomas used to remark, if you did not know who Cervantes was you would not be reading this, but the learned editors of Printing and the Mind of Man put it so well that it bears repetition: "What had begun as a simple satire broadened into a sweeping panorama of Spanish society; and it was this, the variety the liveliness, and the gibes at the famous, which won it instant fame. Its larger claims, the subdued pathos, its unusual humanity, were slower to be appreciated. But within months, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza had become legendary Don Quixote is one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times, and there are very few who have not at one time or another felt themselves to be Don Quixote confronting the windmills or Sancho Panza at the inn". Printing and the Mind of Man 111 on the first edition. Bloom described Don Quixote as "to Spanish literature what Shakespeare is to English", these two great giants died on 23rd April 1616, the same day. Peeters-Fontainas 225 (this copy). Rius 7 "En calidad del papel, finura de tipos y esmero de impresión, es superior esta edicion á las anteriores". Palau III 51981.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST COMPLETE NOVEL IN ENGLISH London, Printed for Edward Blounte, 1620?, 1620. FIRST COMPLETE EDITION IN ENGLISH, FIRST EDITION of II. 2 vols. I: pp. [12], 572, [4]; II: [2], [16], 504, lacking final blank. Roman letter, little Italic. Engraved titles with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza on horseback, woodcut vignette to second title, decorated initials and ornaments. Textblock trimmed close at head, occasionally touching typographical ruling, or running title of vol.II, engraved titles and last versos dusty, upper outer corner of P7 (II) torn, affecting two letters, small light water stain to lower outer blank corner of last two ll. (II), the odd minor marginal spot or mark. Very good, fresh and clean copies in modern limp vellum antique by B. Middleton, silk ties, a.e.r., early shelfmark labels preserved at foot of spines, bookplates of Kenneth Rapoport and Michael Curtis Phillips. In folding box. The first complete edition in English, and the first English edition of Part II, of this ground-breaking literary work - the first modern European novel, rarely found complete, as a uniform set. Attributed to Renold Elstrack, the engraved frontispiece, which reprised the title vignette of the first 1618 French edition, was the illustration of Don Quixote and Sancho to appear in print. '"Don Quixote" is one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times, and there are very few who have not at one time or another felt themselves to be Don Quixote confronting the windmills or Sancho Panza at the inn' (PMM 111). The epic novel tells the deeds of the minor aristocrat Alonso Quijano, so keen a reader of medieval chivalric romances that he loses his mind (or pretends to), and becomes absorbed in an imaginary world of knightly adventures. After assuming the name 'Don Quixote', as a knight-errant, he travels with his witty squire Sancho Panza (a local farmer), facing comic situations he interprets as heroic, including the famous, symbolic and now proverbial fight against windmills. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) led a picaresque life. Having written a handful of plays, he published Part I of 'Don Quixote' in 1605, followed by Part II in 1615. It was first translated from Castilian into English the first translation into any language - by the Irish Catholic Thomas Shelton (fl.1604-20) in 1612, using the text of the 1607 edition, printed in Brussels, where Shelton taught Spanish. The c.1620 Part I is a reprint of Shelton's text. Previously attributed to Shelton and probably based on the 1615 edition, Part II is now considered to be the work of the Hispanist Leonard Digges (1588-1635). Digges was among the authors of dedicatory poems prefacing Shakespeare's First Folio, also published by Edward Blount. The English translation of 'Quixote' greatly influenced the language and ideas of English playwrights and poets, including Shakespeare and Jonson. 'Not merely once but on a variety of occasions the C17 English writers [influenced by 'Quixote'] reflect and actually participate in the sheer fun of the work by playing with the protagonist's name. They invent the adjectives "Quixoticall" (1642), "Quixot-like" (1664) []; the past participle "Don quixoted' (1658) []; and the nouns "Don Quichoterie" (1659), "Quixotry" (1665) []. In short, both the nature and the contagious fun of the character [] were actually adapted, incorporated, and made manifest in fresh English words' (Randall, pp.xxxvi-xxxvii). I: STC (2nd ed.), 4917; Pforzheimer, 140; ESTC S107641; PMM 111 (first Spanish ed.). II: STC (2nd ed.), 4917; Pforzheimer, 140; ESTC S107642; PMM 111 (first Spanish ed.). M. Cervantes de Saavedra, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, vol. III (1896); D. Randall, Cervantes in seventeenth-century England (2009).

Exceedingly rare first complete edition in English of Cervantes' masterpiece comprising the second editionÂofÂtheÂfirst part andÂtheÂfirst editionÂofÂthe second part. Small octavo, 2 volumes bound in full calf with red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins, frontispiece portrait of the author to Vol. I, engraved headpieces, tailpieces and initials. Translated from the original Spanish by Thomas Shelton, his first English translation published in 1612 was the first translation in any language, and took him only forty days to complete. The true first edition of Don Quixote was published in Madrid by Francisco de Robles in two parts in 1605 and 1614. The first part of Shelton's first English version was published in 1612 with the second part added in 1620, both published in quarto. The present edition is the first complete edition published in the English language with both the first and second parts published and sold simultaneously. Volume one is a second edition with the text block trimmed as usual, in very good condition. Volume two is a first edition, lacking the engraved title as with many copies, and believed to be indicative of an earlier state. âDuff suggested that the reason this plate is lacking in so many copies of the second part is because it was not prepared until after a good many copies had been sold without it" (Pforzheimer 140; Grolier Langland to Wither 213). Early ownership signature, most likely Herbert Lunsford located at the head of the errata sheet. Sir Herbert Lunsford (c. 1610-1664) was a military figure and brother to Thomas Lunsford, who is reputed to have been a ruthless pirate and fearless adventurer. Catalog entry, handwritten note, and newspaper clipping containing bibliographical information affixed to verso of front board. An exceptional example of this rarity, very rare to find complete. Often cited as the first modern novel, Cervantes' masterpiece Don Quixote remains not only the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age, but the most important work of the entire Spanish literary canon. The Shelton translation is generally considered the English translation that "realizes Cervantes' manner more nearly than any successor." (DNB). âIt is interesting to realize that the first modern novel was composed by a sick, aged and impoverished man, who believed that a satirical tale might produce more revenue than the poems and plays that he regarded as his more serious mission. Under the guise of a parody on romances of chivalry, Cervantes created a study of reality and illusion, madness and sanity, that links him with such acute 16th-century students of psychology as Erasmus, Rabelais, Montaigne, and Shakespeareâ (Folgerâs Choice 30).

woodcut initials and ornaments, paper-flaw at lower outer corner of L2 (no loss to text), a bit of ink staining on R4r, occasional light browning, a few mild damp-stains in the margins, ?wax stain on front fly-leaf affecting the title-page slightly, pp. [xxiv], 592, [8], 8vo, contemporary calf, double gilt fillets on sides, arms (unidentified: Franco-Belgian?) blocked in gilt to both covers, that on the upper cover with a little loss of gilt, that on the lower good and bright, flat spine with a border of double gilt fillets, headcaps defective, cracking to joints, rear endpapers sometime renewed (not, apparently, very recently) preserved in a fine red morocco backed folding box by Trevor Lloyd. Rare, especially in commerce. A complete copy in a fine contemporary binding of the first Brussels (first extra-Iberian) edition of the novel "which is to Spanish literature what Shakespeare is to English" (Bloom). Ruiz notes that this edition was the most finely printed of the early versions to date. Don Quixote won immediate fame when first printed in 1605 for its "variety, liveliness, and gibes at the famous. "Its subdued pathos and universal humanity have assured it a place as "one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times" (PMM). It quickly went through numerous editions,and translations. This edition is the seventh overall - all early editions are rare. Velpius's edition, which introduced the text to Northern Europe, is based on Cuesta's second of 1605, with many misprints and other textual infelicities corrected, and itself 'corregido con cuidado' (Palau). RBH and ABPC record only 3 other copies at auction in the last 30 years. In Maggs's 1927 catalogue a copy in a Zaehnsdorf binding (with the second part) was priced £52 10s. The second part, which Cervantes wrote in response to spurious sequels, appeared 10 years later. The arms feature as 'unidentified' at the end of vol. 15 of 'Manuel de l'Amateur de Reliures Armoriées Françaises' (with thanks to Dr Sara Trevisan pointing us there). (CCPB000042471-4; Palau 51981; Ruiz 7; USTC 5039050; cf. PMM 111).

El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles: Roger Velpius, Huberto Antonio, 1607. Full Description: CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles: Roger Velpius, 1607. [Together with] Segunda Parte del Ingenioso Cavallero Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles: Huberto Antonio, 1616. First Brussels edition of both volumes. The second volume is also the second overall edition. Two small octavo volumes (6 3/8 x 3 3/4 inches; 161 x 95 mm). [24], 592, [8]; [16], 687, [1, blank] pp. With engraved head and tail pieces. Engraved and historiated initials. This edition is usually sold individually, and not as a set. In fact, other than this copy, the last copy of both volumes being sold together at auction was at Sotheby's in 1953. The second volume is the first edition published outside of Spain. and the "Velpius's edition, which introduced the text to Northern Europe, is based on Cuedra's second (with many misprints and other textual infelicities corrected)." Uniformly bound in full modern calf, each volume with two spine labels. Spines lettered in gilt. All edges speckled red and top edges dyed brown. Title-page to volume I is backed, with backing being old. Some mild dampstaining scattered throughout. A minor amount of marginal worming to the last 80 pages of volume I, not affecting text. Volume II with a small tear to the corner of leaf F4, just barely touching a letter, leaf MM2, with small corner tear, not affecting text and a small hole to leaf Ss2, affecting just a few letters. Two previous owner's bookplates to front pastedown of each volume, one of which is an armorial bookplate for Christ College, Oxford University. Endpapers with small manuscript shelfmarks crossed out and "Duplic" in old ink. Overall a very good copy of this edition which is usually sold individually and not both volumes together. "Ruiz notes that this edition was the most finely printed of the early versions to date. Don Quixote won immediate fame when first printed in 1605 for its 'variety, liveliness, and gibes at the famous.' Its subdued pathos and universal humanity have assured it a place as 'one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times' (PMM). It quickly went through numerous editions, translations, and piracies. This edition [of first part] is the seventh overallall early editions are rare. Velpius's edition, which introduced the text to Northern Europe, is based on Cuedra's second (with many misprints and other textual infelicities corrected)." (Christies). "It is often said that 'Don Quixote' was at first received coldly. The facts show just the contrary. No sooner was it in the hands of the public than preparations were made to issue pirated editions at Lisbon and Valencia, and to bring out a second edition with the additional rights for Aragon and Portugal. 'Don Quixote' had been growing in favour, and its author's name was now known beyond the Pyrenees. In 1607 an edition was printed at Brussels." (from "Translators Preface" to the 1922 edition of John Ormsby's translation of Don Quixote) Palau 51981. PMM 111. Ruiz 7. HBS 68842. $100,000.

Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. CERVANTES Saavedra, Miguel de. [DON QUICHOTTE]. SEGUNDA PARTE DEL INGENIOSO CAVALLERO DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA. Por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, autor de su primera Parte. Dirigida a Don Pedro Fernandez de Castro. Barcelona, Sebastian Matevat, Ano 1617. In-8 de (6) ff., 357 ff., (9) pp. de table. Vélin ivoire à recouvrement de l'époque, traces d'attache, dos à deux nerfs, titre calligraphié au dos, tranches jaspées. Reliure de l'époque. 145 X 97 mm. « Rarissime édition, la première dont les deux parties aient été imprimées dans la même ville et sous la même date. Navarette n'en connut que le second volume, et Salva affirme n'avoir jamais vu que son exemplaire de complet. » (Ricardo Heredia). Ricardo Hérédia, n°2518 ; Salva, n°2654 ; Palau, 51989 ; Brunet, I, 1749 ; Graesse, II, 106 ; Rahir, Bibliothèque de l'amateur, 360. L'exemplaire était en reliure très postérieure. PREMIERE EDITION BARCELONAISE DE LA SECONDE PARTIE DE DON QUICHOTTE parue deux ans après l'originale de Madrid. De tous temps les deux parties se sont vendues séparément. Il suffit pour s'en convaincre de consulter Salva, Ricardo Heredia ou Brunet. Cela s'explique par les 10 années qui séparent la publication des deux parties et par leur faible tirage. LA SECONDE PARTIE DE DON QUICHOTTE EST BIEN PLUS QU'UNE SUITE, C'EST UN LIVRE COMPLET EN LUI-MEME « qui est en quelque sorte l'illustration, l'interprétation et la conclusion définitive de la première ». La renommée triomphale de la première partie encouragea Cervantès à produire un nouveau chef-d'uvre. CETTE EDITION EST DECRITE DANS LA COLLECTION LA PLUS COMPLETE DES UVRES DE Cervantès REUNIE AU XIXE SIECLE PAR Ricardo Hérédia, comte de Benahavis dont la vente eut lieu à Paris en 1892. Celui-ci possédait les 10 premières éditions de la première partie, l'originale de Madrid de la seconde partie, publiée en 1615, 2 exemplaires de la seconde édition imprimée à Bruxelles en 1616, puis celle de Barcelone de 1617, mais en reliure très postérieure. « Chef d'uvre de la littérature mondiale, Don Quichotte a été pensé par son auteur comme un roman de chevalerie capable de se détacher de tous les autres. Après avoir fourbi les vieilles armes de ses ancêtres et s'être fabriqué une visière en carton Alonso Quixano prend comme nom de bataille celui de Don Quichotte de la Manche. Un jour il monte à cheval et part à l'aventure. L'uvre entière est comme enveloppée d'un sourire immatériel et translucide qui laisse percer secrètement une inépuisable richesse d'humanité et d'expériences réellement vécues. » (Dictionnaire des Oeuvres). « Within months Don Quichotte and Sancho Panza had become legendary. Don Quichotte is one of those universal books which are read by all ages at all times. » (PMM). L'originale de Don Quichotte est, avec celle de Shakespeare, la plus recherchée de la littérature mondiale. En novembre 1989, à New York, il y a 25 ans, ces deux originales, reliées en maroquin du XIXe siècle, étaient respectivement adjugées $ 1 650 000 et $ 2 000 000. La seconde partie seule de Don Quichotte, imprimée à Madrid en 1615, en vélin de l'époque a été adjugée 600 000 le 7 décembre 2000 (Sotheby's), il y a 14 ans. MAGNIFIQUE EXEMPLAIRE, DE TOUTE PURETE, CONSERVE DANS SA RELIURE EN VELIN IVOIRE DE L'EPOQUE. Barcelona, Sebastian Matevat, Ano 1617. In-8 de (6) ff., 357 ff., (9) pp. de table. Vélin ivoire à recouvrement de l époque, traces d attache, dos à deux nerfs, titre calligraphié au dos, tranches jaspées. Reliure de l époque. 145 X 97 mm. « Rarissime édition, la première dont les deux parties aient été imprimées dans la même ville et sous la même date. Navarette n en connut que le second volume, et Salva affirme n avoir jamais vu que son exemplaire de complet. » (Ricardo Heredia). Ricardo Hérédia, n°2518 ; Salva, n°2654 ; Palau, 51989 ; Brunet, I, 1749 ; Graesse, II, 106 ; Rahir, Bibliothèque de l amateur, 360. L exemplaire était en reliure très postérieure. PREMIERE EDITION BARCELONAISE DE LA SECONDE.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. "Don Quixote" especially bound for the Princess of Lamballe (1749-1792), Queen Marie Antoinette's bosom friend, towards 1775, in green morocco with a selection of twenty figures after Coypel engraved by Folkema, Fukke and Tanje, ordinary copies are made of one portrait and 24 figures. Don Quixote, a masterpiece of world literature, was probably written between 1598 and 1604. Ten years later, in 1615, a second part was published that is in a way the illustration, the interpretation and the final conclusion of the first one. According to what Cervantes declares himself in the Prologue of the Ist part, his goal was to write a chivalry novel, capable of distinguishing itself from all the others widely common at the time. A precious copy preserved in its fresh green morocco bindings towards 1775 with the arms of the Princess of Lamballe, one of the most touching and rare provenances of the Ancien Régime. Ernest Quentin-Bauchart (Les Femmes bibliophiles de France - Paris 1886) quotes only 6 works bound with the arms of this princess and insists on their very small number and their usual mediocre condition: "Marie-Thérèse de Savoie-Carignan, princess of Lamballe, was born in Turin on September 8th 1749. She was the fourth daughter of Louis-Victor de Savoie-Carignan and Christine- Henriette de Hesse-Rhinfelds-Rothembourg, his wife, great aunt of the king of Sardinia. Soon the tenderest friendship bound the queen to the princess." Madame de Lamballe was in Germany when she learnt the arrest of the royal family in Varennes. Listening to the inspirations of her heart, she went back to Paris on November 14th 1791, despite the pleas of the queen who was begging her to wait: "No, once again I tell you, my dear Lamballe, don't come back now; my friendship for you is too alarmed, affairs don't seem to take a turn for the better despite the acceptance of the Constitution on which I was counting. Stay with the good Monsieur de Penthièvre who needs your care so much, if it wasn't for him I wouldn't be able to make such a sacrifice, because I feel each day my friendship for you increasing as much as my misfortunes; God wants time to pacify the minds, but the villains spread so many atrocious calumnies that I count more on my courage than on the events. So goodbye, my dear Lamballe, please know both far and near, I love you and I trust your friendship. Marie-Antoinette. " The princess, after sharing during a few days the captivity of the queen at the Temple, was abducted during the night and transferred to the Force Prison. It was her death sentence. "Madame de Lamballe's books are in very little number and their condition is mediocre." (Ernest Quentin Bauchart. Les femmes bibliophiles de France). An exceptional copy, of the utmost rarity, of Madame de Lamballe's Don Quixote preserved in its contemporary bright green morocco.

Two volumes, 8° (188x118 mm). I. Collation: †10, ††4, A-Z8, Aa-Pp8, Qq4. [28], 611, [5] pages. II. Collation: *8, A-Z8, Aa-Ss8. [16], 649, [7] pages (pages 529-576 misnumbered 525-572). Roman and italic type. Two engraved titles included in the foliation, and sixteen full-page engraved plates, in total. Uniformly bound in contemporary calf, over pasteboards. Spines with five raised bands, tooled in gilt; title lettered in gold. Marbled edges. Extremities of the spine and joints restored. Tooling and title on the spine somewhat faded. A very good, tall, and genuine copy. Leaves slightly and uniformly browned. In the first volume, skilful repair to the upper margin of the third plate with no damage to the engraving.An extremely rare and important edition of this masterpiece of world literature: the first illustrated edition in Spanish, and the second edition in any language – following the Dutch translation published in Dordrecht in 1657 – to feature illustrations. This is the first edition with the new title Vida y hechos, and one of the most important editions in the history of Cervantes novel. The sixteen engravings included in this edition are not signed, but are generally attributed to Frederik Bouttats (ca. 1610-1676) – who was active in Antwerp between 1643 and 1676 – after the Dutch edition of 1657. The text follows the 1637 edition for the first part, and the Madrid 1615 and Valencia 1616 editions for the second part. "The complete edition has 2 frontispieces and 16 chapter illustrations newly engraved by an unknown engraver after Savery's 24 illustrations (Dordrecht: Savery 1657). 8 illustrations from Savery's set have not been copied: 'Andrés' lashes', 'The galley slaves', 'DQ's penance', 'DQ hanged at the inn', 'The enchanted Dulcinea', 'Braying mayors squadron', "Washing beards episode', and "Sancho's judgement'. Cushing's copy has only the 1 frontispiece and 8 chapter illustrations from vol. 1. Río y Rico refers to two illustrations ('Don Quixote knighted' and 'Doña Rodríguez' night adventure') as if they appeared in this edition, but they don't" (Cervantes Collection, Cushing Memorial Library).Palau 51993; Rius, Bibliografia critica de las obras de Miguel de Cervantes, I, no. 20; Río y Rico, no. 42; Peeters-Fontainas 229; Bardon cat. 2005, no. 3 ("Primera ediciòn ilustrada en castellano de gran aprecio y rareza"); P. Lenaghan, Imágenes del Quijote: modelos de representación en las ediciones de los siglos XVII a XIX, Madrid 2003; Cervantes Collection, Cushing Memorial Library (accessed January 2018); Philobiblon, One Thousand Years of Bibliophily, no. 210. Book.

Rare second edition of the first part of Don Quixote in English. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf, engraved title page, woodcut headpieces and decorative initials. In very good condition with some wear to the binding, portion of upper spine. Translated by Thomas Shelton. Exceptionally rare and desirable. Don Quixote tells the tale of a man so entranced by reading about the chivalrous romantic ideals touted in books that he decides to take up his sword and become a knight-errant himself, with the aims of defending the helpless and warding off the wicked. With his somewhat confused laborer-turned-squire, Sancho Panza, they roam the world together and have adventures that have haunted reader's imaginations for nearly four hundred years. Don Quixote is generally recognized as the first modern novel. Over those years, it has had an incredible influence on thousands of writers, from Dickens to Faulkner, who once said he reread it once a year, "just as some people read the Bible". Vladimir Nabokov is quoted as saying, "Don Quixote is greater today than he was in Cervantes's womb. [He] looms so wonderfully above the skyline of literature, a gaunt giant on a lean nag, that the book lives and will live through [his] sheer vitality. He stands for everything that is gentle, forlorn, pure, unselfish, and gallant. The parody has become a paragon.".

Milan, Por el Heredero de Pedromartir Locarni y Iuan Bautista Bidello, 1610. 8vo. In contemporary full limp vellum with title in contemporary hand to spine. Extremities with wear. Repair and a small hole to front board and missing vellum on upper outer corner of back board. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to title-page. First 8 leaves lightly washed. Damp stain throughout, however mainly affecting pp. 169-340. The paper is still good and solid. A good copy in its original binding. [Blank], 16 ff, 722 pp, [blank]. [mispaginated between pp. 704-707, as called for]. Scarce first edition of 'Don Quixote' to be printed in Italy, being the 10th overall printing of part one, preserved in its first binding. The editor changed Cervantes's dedication to the Duque de Béjar for that of Vizconde Vitaliano, otherwise the text follows that of the second edition printed in Madrid by Juan de la Cuesta in 1605. This masterpiece, which established the novel genre in Western literature, was first published by Cuesta in Madrid in 1605 and became an instant success. The first edition, published in Madrid in 1605, was followed by three pirated editions later the same year and two further authorized editions. The first part of Don Quixote was revised by Cervantes up to and including the third Cuesta edition of 1608. The second part was not published until 1615. ?The first part of Don Quixote came out in 1605. What had begun as a simple satire on the tedious chivalric romances of the time broadened into a sweeping panorama of Spanish society and it was this, the variety, the liveliness, and the gibes at the famous, which won it instant fame. Its larger claims, the subdued pathos, its universal humanity, were slower to be appreciated. But within months Don Quixote and Sancho Panza had become legendary [?]. Don Quixote is one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times, and there are very few who have not one time or another felt themselves to be Don Quixote confronting windmills or Sancho Panza at the inn.? (PMM 111) Brunet 1748 Palau 51983 Suñé 10 (PMM 111, being the first edition from 1605).

Large 4to (236 x 305 mm). 4 vols. With additional engraved title-pages, engraved portrait of the author, 31 engraved plates after various artists, and 1 double-page engraved map, partly hand-coloured in outline. Bound in contemporary Spanish tree calf gilt with red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. A large copy of the most famous edition of "Don Quixote" ever produced. The "Ibarra" edition of 1780 was described by Palau as "magnificent, superior in artistic beauty to all others produced in Spain or abroad"; Richard Ford declares that "no grand library should be without it". Undoubtedly it was on these merits that this edition was famously cast in Roman Polanski's 1999 thriller "The Ninth Gate": in the exposition of that film, Johnny Depp's character (an enterprising albeit vulture-minded rare book dealer) swindles an unwitting couple, heirs to a library to be dispersed, out of what in fact was their pièce de résistance - a set of Ibarra's "Quixote" which he claims to be worth a mere four thousand dollars. - The Ibarra edition was prepared at great expense over the course of seven years for the Real Academia, printed on deluxe paper in a specifically-designed typeface and illustrated by the foremost Spanish artists of the time. To this day it remains a monument of Spanish printing, and a fitting tribute to what many regard as the first modern novel in the Hispanic tradition. - Not only setting new standards of beauty and quality of production, Ibarra's celebrated edition also firmly established "Don Quixote" in the literary canon. Yet even upon its first publication in 1605, Cervantes' book had already won immediate fame in Spain and beyond for its "variety, liveliness, and gibes at the famous", while its universal humanity has assured its status as "one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times" (PMM). - Spines rebacked preserving backstrips; light wear at extremities. Interior shows some mostly marginal staining; marginal repair in one plate in vol. II. - Palau 52024. Cohen/de Ricci 218f. Ebert 3928 ("A masterpiece of typography"). Cf. also the sale catalogue by Andrade & Deschamps, Catalogue de la riche bibliothèque (Leipzig, List & Francke), no. 772. Cf. PMM 111.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. All four volumes (12mo) are signed in ink at the top of the title page by Admiral Lord Collingwood (Cuthbert Collingwood). With their small size in mind, these four volumes had been bought by Collingwood to be taken onboard ship during his campaigns. There is more than a distinct possibility they were present on HMS Sovereign during The Battle of Trafalgar. An unique set of books, linked to a pivotal event in British Naval history. On the death of Nelson, Collingwood assumed his position as Commander-in-Chief, transferring his flag to the frigate HMS Euryalus. Without Collingwood the outcome of the 21st October 1805 might have been very different. Collingwood was in command of the very first ship to break through the French line. All four volumes are Very Good+, bindings are tight, pages clean, no signs of cracking. Apart from the signature of Cuthbert Collingwood in each volume, there are no other inscriptions or bookplates. A superb set.

Exceedingly rare first complete edition in English of Cervantes' masterpiece comprised of a second edition of the first part and first edition of the second part. Small quarto, bound in full crimson crushed levant morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, engraved headpieces, tailpieces and initials. Engraved title pages and printed title page to the second part supplied in exact facsimile from the copy in the British Museum. No printed title was printed in the first volume. Translated from the original Spanish by Thomas Shelton, his first English translation published in 1612 was the first translation in any language, and took him only forty days to complete. The true first edition of Don Quixote was published in Madrid by Francisco de Robles in two parts in 1605 and 1614. The first part of Sheltonâs first English version was published in 1612 with the second part added in 1620, both published in quarto. Volume one is a second edition of the excessively rare first edition, of which very few copies exist. Volume two is a first edition, lacking the engraved title as with many copies, and believed to be indicative of an earlier state. âDuff suggested that the reason this plate is lacking in so many copies of the second part is because it was not prepared until after a good many copies had been sold without itâ (Pforzheimer 140; Grolier Langland to Wither 213). In near fine condition. Small bookplates. Housed in a custom half morocco and folding chemise slipcase. A stunning presentation of this rare complete first edition in English. Often cited as the first modern novel, Cervantes' masterpiece Don Quixote remains not only the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age, but the most important work of the entire Spanish literary canon. For its influence, innovation and critical status, it is "to Spanish literature what Shakespeare is to English" (Bloom) and has become globally regarded as "one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times" (PMM).

Engraved frontis. port. of Cervantes by Virtue, several engraved head-pieces, & 67 engraved plates. xxiii, [8], [xxv]-xxxii, vi, [2], 90, [14] (first leaf a blank), 355 pp.; xii, 388 pp. Two vols. Large 4to, cont. speckled calf (joints very expertly repaired), spines gilt, brown & green morocco lettering pieces on spines. London: J. & R. Tonson & R. Dodsley, 1742. First edition of this esteemed translation and a wonderful association copy; this set belonged to Edward Gibbon and bears his bookplate in each volume. Gibbon was known for the wide range of his reading and he refers to this work in several of his letters and writings. He clearly liked this text; he owned an Ibarra edition in Spanish (1782), two editions of Smollett's translation (1755 and 1770), and the present edition. Jarvis (1675-1739), was a portrait painter and translator. A part of the literary circle of Addison, Pope, and Swift, his stylized portraits of society ladies were very fashionable. Jarvis advised Sir Robert Walpole in forming his art collection and was appointed king's painter in 1723. "His major literary undertaking was an English translation of Cervantes' Don Quixote. Published posthumously in 1742 and frequently reprinted, it is generally acknowledged as being close in spirit to the original."ODNB. The superb engravings are mostly signed by John Vanderbank (1694-1739), painter and draughtsman. They were first used in the 1738 quarto edition of Don Quixote issued by the Tonsons in the original Spanish. The 90 pages in Vol. I print the first English translation of Mayans & Siscar's important Life of Cervantes. Fine and handsome set with his fine armorial bookplate in each volume. Minor rubbing and wear to extremities.

The deluxe illustrated Ibarra edition of Cervantes' masterpiece "which is to Spanish literature what Shakespeare is to English" (Bloom). Quartos, 4 volumes. Bound in full contemporary Spanish tree calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red and black morocco spine labels, elaborate double gilt-ruled borders, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, engraved frontispiece to each volume and 31 engraved plates throughout, 2-page folding engraved map of DonÂQuixote's travels to the rear of volume 1. Spanish printer JoaquÃn Ibarra made several important technical developments in press printing, book-making, typography and paper-making. In his printed work, Ibarra sought to achieve a perfect flow of harmonious type, inks, illustration, margins, and textures. He worked with the best painters and engravers of his time and, based on a secret formula he developed, the Ibarra ink gained a reputation for its exceptional quality and brilliance. The present volume was printed on "ex profeso" paper with melted types of "ex novo" on the pages, both of which Ibarra created in his Madrid workshop specifically for this project. In near fine condition with ownership inscriptions and some toning to the page edges, some loss to the edges of the license page. A very bright example of both Cervantes' and Ibarra's best-known works, rare and desirable in this condition. Often cited as the first modern novel, Cervantes' masterpiece Don Quixote remains not only the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age, but the most important work of the entire Spanish literary canon. First published in 1605, Don Quixote gained immediate popularity in Spain for its "variety, liveliness, and gibes at the famous" while Cervantes' universal portrayal of the human condition has cemented its status as "one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times" (PMM). The Ibarra edition swiftly became the preferred edition in Spain when it appeared in 1780 (Palau, 52024). âIt is interesting to realize that the first modern novel was composed by a sick, aged and impoverished man, who believed that a satirical tale might produce more revenue than the poems and plays that he regarded as his more serious mission. Under the guise of a parody on romances of chivalry, Cervantes created a study of reality and illusion, madness and sanity, that links him with such acute 16th-century students of psychology as Erasmus, Rabelais, Montaigne, and Shakespeareâ (Folgerâs Choice, 30).

The deluxe illustrated Ibarra edition of Cervantes' masterpiece. Quartos, 4 volumes. Bound in full 19th century green morocco with central motif and cornerpieces stamped in blind to the panels, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, elaborate double-ruled gilt borders, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, engraved frontispiece to each volume and 31 engraved plates throughout, 2-page folding engraved map of DonÂQuixote's travels to the rear of volume 1. Spanish printer JoaquÃn Ibarra made several important technical developments in press printing, book-making, typography and paper-making. In his printed work, Ibarra sought to achieve a perfect flow of harmonious type, inks, illustration, margins, and textures. He worked with the best painters and engravers of his time and, based on a secret formula he developed, the Ibarra ink gained a reputation for its exceptional quality and brilliance. The present volume was printed onÂ"ex profeso" paper with melted types of "ex novo" on the pages, both of which Ibarra created in his Madrid workshop specifically for this project. In near fine condition. A superior example of Ibarra's best-known work. Don Quixote tells the tale of a man so entranced by reading about the chivalrous romantic ideals touted in books that he decides to take up his sword and become a knight-errant himself, with the aims of defending the helpless and warding off the wicked. With his somewhat confused laborer-turned-squire, Sancho Panza, they roam the world together and have adventures that have haunted reader's imaginations for nearly four hundred years. Don Quixote is generally recognized as the first modern novel. Over those years, it has had an incredible influence on thousands of writers, from Dickens to Faulkner, who once said he reread it once a year, "just as some people read the Bible". Vladimir Nabokov is quoted as saying, "Don Quixote is greater today than he was in Cervantes's womb. [He] looms so wonderfully above the skyline of literature, a gaunt giant on a lean nag, that the book lives and will live through [his] sheer vitality. He stands for everything that is gentle, forlorn, pure, unselfish, and gallant. The parody has become a paragon." Printed for La Real Academia Española (the Spanish Royal Academy) by JoaquÃn Ibarra y MarÃn, this edition was intended to be a supreme example of Spanish craftsmanship lavished on the nation's greatest literary work. This edition excels in beauty of type, design, paper, illustration and printing, as well as incorporating a carefully edited and corrected text. The illustrations and delightful ornaments were designed by the best Spanish artists of the day, the paper was milled expressly for this edition, and the type was specially cut. It contains the first map depicting the route taken by Don Quixote and Sancho Panza through Spain. The edition's fame among bibliophiles was thoroughly established throughout Europe within a very few years. The English bibliomane William Davis wrote in 1821 that "the celebrated Ibarra edition is so well known, that I need only refer to M. Paris's sale, 1791, where a copy sold for £16, 16 shillings, and Col. Stanley's, where a copy sold for £17, 6 shillings, 6 pence" (A Journey Round the Library of a Bibliomaniac).

The deluxe illustrated Ibarra edition of Cervantes' masterpiece "which is to Spanish literature what Shakespeare is to English" (Bloom). Quartos, 4 volumes. Bound in full contemporary Spanish tree calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine labels, gilt ruled borders, marbled endpapers, all edges green, engraved frontispiece to each volume and 31 engraved plates throughout, 2-page folding engraved map of DonÂQuixote's travels to the rear of volume 1. Spanish printer JoaquÃn Ibarra made several important technical developments in press printing, book-making, typography and paper-making. In his printed work, Ibarra sought to achieve a perfect flow of harmonious type, inks, illustration, margins, and textures. He worked with the best painters and engravers of his time and, based on a secret formula he developed, the Ibarra ink gained a reputation for its exceptional quality and brilliance. The present volume was printed on "ex profeso" paper with melted types of "ex novo" on the pages, both of which Ibarra created in his Madrid workshop specifically for this project. In near fine condition with bookplates to the pastedown of each volume from the Royal Military College, small library stamps. An excellent example of both Cervantes' and Ibarra's best-known works. Often cited as the first modern novel, Cervantes' masterpiece Don Quixote remains not only the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age, but the most important work of the entire Spanish literary canon. First published in 1605, Don Quixote gained immediate popularity in Spain for its "variety, liveliness, and gibes at the famous" while Cervantes' universal portrayal of the human condition has cemented its status as "one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times" (PMM). The Ibarra edition swiftly became the preferred edition in Spain when it appeared in 1780 (Palau, 52024). âIt is interesting to realize that the first modern novel was composed by a sick, aged and impoverished man, who believed that a satirical tale might produce more revenue than the poems and plays that he regarded as his more serious mission. Under the guise of a parody on romances of chivalry, Cervantes created a study of reality and illusion, madness and sanity, that links him with such acute 16th-century students of psychology as Erasmus, Rabelais, Montaigne, and Shakespeareâ (Folgerâs Choice 30).

First edition of the second part of Cervantes' masterpiece in English. Oblong duodecimo, bound in half leather over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, black and green morocco spine labels. In near fine condition, lacking the engraved title with several words faintly missing on p. 160 [an original printing flaw], slight trimming to the bottom lines of the first signature, and a bookplate to the front pastedown. An exceptional presentation. Often cited as the first modern novel, Cervantes' masterpiece Don Quixote remains not only the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age, but the most important work in the entire Spanish literary canon. First published in 1605, Don Quixote gained immediate popularity in Spain for its "variety, liveliness, and gibes at the famous" while Cervantes' universal portrayal of the human condition has cemented its status as "one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times" (PMM). The tale of a man so entranced by reading about chivalrous romantic ideals in books that he decides to become a knight-errant himself, Don Quixote has been and will remain an incredible influence for writers across the world.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Excelente. Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de: Vida y hechos del Ingenioso Cavallero Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruselas, Pedro de la Calle, 1671. In 8º, 616 y 656 pp Dos volúmenes. Ilustraciones en frontispicio de cada tomo y en el interior. Encuadernación en pergamino.

Nueva Edición Corregida por La Real Academia Española. With 4 engraved titles, portrait of the author by M. Salvador y Carmona after Joseph del Castillo, & 31 plates after Barranco, Brunette, Carnicero, Del Castillo, Ferro, and Gil by Ballester, Barcelon, Fabregat, Gil, Mol, Muntaner, Salvador y Carmona, and Selam, double-page engraved folding map of Spain showing Don Quixote's route outlined in red. [3], xiv, ccxxiv, 199, [1]; [4], 418; [2], xiv, 306; [4], 346 pp. Engraved head- and tail-pieces. 4 vols. 4to. (11-5/8 x 8-5/8 inches). The finest edition of this landmark of world literature, with the text corrected by the Royal Academy of Spain, and illustrated with fine engravings. The celebrated Ibarra edition is noted as supreme example of 18th century Spanish printing, illustration and design. "The finest edition of Don Quixote that has ever been printed" (D. B. Updike). Palau III.52024 ("Magnifica edicion y superior en belleza artistica a todas las que hasta entonces se habian hecho en Espana y en el extranjero"); Cohen-de Ricci 21819 ("Magnifique édition comme typographie et comme ornamentation"); Updike II: 73º75 ("the finest edition of Don Quixote that has been printed"); Lasala 551; Henrich 54; Ashbee Iconography of Don Quixote 72; Ruis I, 53; Exposicion Conmemorativa del Quijote 52 ("Magnifica edition"); Benages & Fonbuena, A Critical Bibliography of Editions of the Don Quixote 60 Contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, minor bumps and wear, hinges reinforced with matching marbled paper. Provenance: armorial bookplate (Earls of Fife?) With 4 engraved titles, portrait of the author by M. Salvador y Carmona after Joseph del Castillo, & 31 plates after Barranco, Brunette, Carnicero, Del Castillo, Ferro, and Gil by Ballester, Barcelon, Fabregat, Gil, Mol, Muntaner, Salvador y Carmona, and Selam, double-page engraved folding map of Spain showing Don Quixote's route outlined in red. [3], xiv, ccxxiv, 199, [1]; [4], 418; [2], xiv, 306; [4], 346 pp. Engraved head- and tail-pieces. 4 vols. 4to. (11-5/8 x 8-5/8 inches) Nueva Edición Corregida por La Real Academia Española.

Compuesto por. Nueva edición corregida por la Real Academia Española. Madrid, Ibarra, 1780, 31x23, 4 volúmenes, I- Frontis, Retrato, XIV-CCXXII-199 pp. 6 láminas y 1 mapa plegado (delineado por Tomás López). II- Frontis, 418 pp. 9 láminas. III- Frontis, 306 pp. 7 láminas. IV- Frontis, 346 pp. 9 láminas. Con 14 letras capitulares, 22 viñetas y 20 "culs de lampe". El tomo III tiene una ligera marca de agua en margen superior de primeras hojas, muy buen estado general, ejemplar limpio y con amplios márgenes. Encuadernados en plena piel de época con nervios, tejuelos, hierros en lomera, ruedas en planos y cantos, cortes dorados. Se trata de la mejor edición impresa en el siglo XVIII, adornada con grabados por Carmona, Fabregat, Ballester, Selma, etc., según dibujos originales de los mejores artistas de la época como Carnicero, Brunete, Barranco, etc. Para el texto se siguió el de la segunda edición de Juan de la Cuesta, 1605, cotejándola con otras y modificando algún pasaje. Contiene La Vida de Cervantes y el Análisis del Quijote de Vicente de los Ríos, trabajos muy documentados que dejan atrás todo lo que hasta entonces se había publicado. (35587).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. "8vo (the leaf 147x95 mm), 18th brown calf binding, spine with raised bands, fully gilt in compartments, with title in gold on red morocco label, red edges. The upper corner of first 4 leaves spotted, with the upper corner of the title-leaf repaired (some letters of title supplied by pen), some other small spots and marginal stains till pp. 70, for else a good copy. Woodcut device on title-page, pp. (32 nn.), pp. numb. 722. First edition published in Italy of this work, which established the genre novel in western literature history, still nowadays one of greatest novels of world literature, released while Cervantes was still alive. The text is based on the second revised edition of Cuesta (Madrid 1605); for the first time, the editor changed Cervantes's original dedication to the Duque de Bejar for that of Vizconde Vitaliano. The second part was not published until 1615, and the first Italian translation appeared in 1622. PMM 111 for the 1605 1st edition; Brunet 1748; Palau 51983; Ford-Lansing, p. 5; Salvà, n. 1550.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of the First illustrated Edition in English of Don Quixote. A beautiful copy bound in full brown calf to period, with raised bands and is elaborately gilt-decorated on the spine. The book has the copper-engraved frontispiece and eight copper-engraved plates, each bearing two images. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition. Trades and offers considered.

Old full leather. Condition: Very good copy. 9vols. 8vo. S.P. AMONG THE FINEST EDITIONS OF DON QUIXOTE. A UNIQUE COPY FROM THE LIBRARY OF ONE OF SPAIN'S GREATEST BIBLIOGRAPHERS AND COLLECTORS, VICENTE SALVÁ, WITH MANUSCRIPT ANNOTATIONS IN HIS HAND, AND SUPERB BINDING FROM HIS PERSONAL COLLECTION. APPARENTLY NO COPIES IN U.S. LIBRARIES. Nine octavo volumes, with text edited and corrected by Don Juan Antonio Pellicer; illustrated with a frontispiece, a portrait of Cervantes, and 32 finely engraved vignettes within the text by Moreno Tejada and Ametller, based on drawings by Luis Paret. This is Vicente Salvá's copy, bound in his custom bindings, full red calf, blind-tooled with Salvá's gilt emblem on all boards, and with spines gilt-tooled with lettering pieces. Contains marginal annotations, most probably in Salvá's hand. Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Volumes I & II (1798); III to VIII (1799); and IX ("Vida de Cervantes" by Pellicer; includes a prologue analyzing early editions of "Don Quixote" and its variants) (1799). A fine and unique copy of a beautiful edition of Don Quixote by renowned printer Gabriel Sancha, considered one of the finest editions ever printed. This copy belonged to Vicente Salvá (17861849), a prominent Spanish bibliographer, linguist, and editor noted for his significant contributions to Spanish philology and literature. He was also a distinguished bibliophile and collector of antique books. His passion for literature and philology led him to assemble one of the most remarkable libraries of his time, composed of rare and valuable works. This edition is superior and rarer than the previous edition by the same printer (1797-1798, 8 vols.), which did not include the final volume, "Life of Cervantes". ".masterfully engraved illustrations by Moreno Tejada and Ametller. both in their literary dimensions as well as for the typography and paper, this is superior to the early edition. Pellicer was one of the first notable biographers of Cervantes and commentators on "Don Quixote". his annotations constitute a rich source of knowledge on Cervantes' work" (Ludovik Osterc, "Los Quijotes de la Colección Franz Mayer", 1981, pp. 38-39). "The clarity and beauty of the typeface in this beautiful edition, along with its other excellent typographic qualities, place it among the most exquisite works and convey the advanced state that the art of printing had already achieved in Spain." - Rius. "An esteemed edition, among the best ever made of *Don Quixote*" (Pedro Salvá y Mallén, "Catalogue of the Salvá Library" #1569, referring to this copy!). Salva, 1569 (this copy); Palau 52031; Rius 60, Suñe 67. WorldCat (U.S. Libraries): apparently no copies.

The first illustrated edition in English. Also the first Hodgkin printing and the first Edition of John Philips translation. Quarto (12 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches; 317 x 195 mm). [20], 161, [3], [1, blank] pp. According to ESTC the Frontispiece, S3, and 2P3 are integral engravings. The catchwords on the proceeding leaves show this to be true. With seventeen engravings on nine plates, including the frontispiece. With the errata and 3 pages of poems which are often found lacking. Full contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down. Boards tooled in gilt. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. All edges marbled. Previous owner's armorial bookplate and other smaller bookplate on front pastedown. Some minor repair to spine. Internally very clean. Overall a very good copy. "The first illustrated Don Quixote in English, in the translation of John Phillips, Milton's nephew, continuing Milton's disenchantment with chivalric and popular romances. Phillips' translation moves English slang and satire to the Iberian peninsula, to the horror of his contemporaries ("the Language of Billingsgate into the Mouths of Spanish Ladies and Noblemen"); although the illustrations were reused for later English editions, Phillips' text was never reprinted. His version of Cervantes in "the humour of our modern language" (such as "Knighthoods and Shitehoods" and providing Don Quixote with a dose of the clap) seemed too strong for the reading public." (Sotheby's). ESTC R8126. Palau 156. Rius. HBS 68456. $16,000.