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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)

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£ 15 000
Auction dateClassic
09.12.2020 00:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 470108
Lot 161 | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)

El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. 1780

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780.



A masterpiece of Spanish typography and ‘the finest edition of Don Quixote that has ever been printed’ (Updike), sumptuously bound in contemporary French crimson morocco. Printed by Spain’s greatest printer of the 18th century, Ibarra’s celebrated edition firmly established Don Quixote in the literary canon while setting new standards of beauty and quality of production. First published in 1605, Don Quixote 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). Cohen-de Ricci 218-19; Palau 52024; cf. PMM 111.



4 volumes, quarto (301 x 220mm). 4 engraved titles, engraved portrait of the author, 31 engraved plates hors texte, double-page map partly hand-coloured in outline. Contemporary French crimson morocco, sides with gilt triple fillet border, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, turn-ins handsomely gilt (very minor wear at extremities); housed in two modern cloth boxes. Provenance: Baron de La Roche Lacarelle (1816-1887; booklabel, sale Paris, 30 April 1888, Lot 387) – Cortlandt F. Bishop (1870-1935; booklabel, sale Anderson Galleries, 8 April 1938, Lot 408).

Place of origin:Spain
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