CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780.
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780.
The Cintas copy of the best Spanish edition of Cervantes’s “sweeping panorama of Spanish society” (PMM). While Don Quixote won nearly instant fame 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). According to Palau this became the preferred edition when published, in Spanish or in any other language. Printed in a specially designed type, this edition follows the text of the 1605 first edition. Cohen-de Ricci 218-19; Palau 52024; cf. PMM 111.
Four volumes, folio (303 x 222mm). 4 engraved titles, 32 engraved plates, double-page map handcolored in outline (four plates with some marginal discoloration, some occasional pale spotting). Contemporary Spanish mottled sheep gilt, spine gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces (some minor scuffs). Provenance: Ferdinand Antonio Echalaz (1810-1886; manuscript presentation mounted on pastedown, March 18, 1877, from his brother Rev. J. M. Echalaz) – George Abraham Crawley (1864–1926, British artist and designer; bookplate, with April 1908 inscription giving the book to:) Horace William Sandars (1852-1922, British antiquary; book label) – Oscar Benjamin Cintas (1887-1957, sugar magnate and Cuban ambassador to the United States 1932-4; bookplate, his sale, Plaza Art Galleries, New York, 26 May 1961, lot 81).
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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780.
The Cintas copy of the best Spanish edition of Cervantes’s “sweeping panorama of Spanish society” (PMM). While Don Quixote won nearly instant fame 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). According to Palau this became the preferred edition when published, in Spanish or in any other language. Printed in a specially designed type, this edition follows the text of the 1605 first edition. Cohen-de Ricci 218-19; Palau 52024; cf. PMM 111.
Four volumes, folio (303 x 222mm). 4 engraved titles, 32 engraved plates, double-page map handcolored in outline (four plates with some marginal discoloration, some occasional pale spotting). Contemporary Spanish mottled sheep gilt, spine gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces (some minor scuffs). Provenance: Ferdinand Antonio Echalaz (1810-1886; manuscript presentation mounted on pastedown, March 18, 1877, from his brother Rev. J. M. Echalaz) – George Abraham Crawley (1864–1926, British artist and designer; bookplate, with April 1908 inscription giving the book to:) Horace William Sandars (1852-1922, British antiquary; book label) – Oscar Benjamin Cintas (1887-1957, sugar magnate and Cuban ambassador to the United States 1932-4; bookplate, his sale, Plaza Art Galleries, New York, 26 May 1961, lot 81).
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