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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. (1547-1616) El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha ... Nueva Edicion corregida por la Real Academia Española. Madrid: for Don Joaquin Ibarra, 1780.
4 volumes, 4°, (295 x 220mm). Hand-coloured double-page map by
Tomás Lopez, engraved frontispieces, 31 engraved plates by F. Selma, M.L. Carmona, G.A. Gill, P. Moles, J. Fabregat, J. Ballester, J. de la Cruz, F. Montaner, and J. Barcelò after A. Carcinero, J. del
Castillo, J. Brunette, B. Barranco, P. Arnal, G. Gil, and G. Ferro.
(Marginal dampstaining in first few leaves of vol. 1, occasional light spotting.) Contemporary Spanish mottled calf, gilt, flat spine with dark green lettering-pieces, g.e. (all volumes very slightly rubbed.) Provenance: Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, Duke of Berwick and Alba (1878-1953, bookplate), inscribed by him while ambassador to England to Miguel Angel, dated 1944; Carcano (leather armorial booklabel).
A masterpiece of Spanish typograhy. This edition set new standards in both magnificence and quality of production, with the Royal Acadamy of Madrid commissioning engravings from the principal engravers of the day, after works by major contemporary artists. The text is based on what is now known to be the second edition, but which was then considered to be the first. Palau 52024; Cohen-de Ricci 218-19; Brunet I,1749 "Cette édition est un vrai chef-d'oeuvre typographique." (4)
4 volumes, 4°, (295 x 220mm). Hand-coloured double-page map by
Tomás Lopez, engraved frontispieces, 31 engraved plates by F. Selma, M.L. Carmona, G.A. Gill, P. Moles, J. Fabregat, J. Ballester, J. de la Cruz, F. Montaner, and J. Barcelò after A. Carcinero, J. del
Castillo, J. Brunette, B. Barranco, P. Arnal, G. Gil, and G. Ferro.
(Marginal dampstaining in first few leaves of vol. 1, occasional light spotting.) Contemporary Spanish mottled calf, gilt, flat spine with dark green lettering-pieces, g.e. (all volumes very slightly rubbed.) Provenance: Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, Duke of Berwick and Alba (1878-1953, bookplate), inscribed by him while ambassador to England to Miguel Angel, dated 1944; Carcano (leather armorial booklabel).
A masterpiece of Spanish typograhy. This edition set new standards in both magnificence and quality of production, with the Royal Acadamy of Madrid commissioning engravings from the principal engravers of the day, after works by major contemporary artists. The text is based on what is now known to be the second edition, but which was then considered to be the first. Palau 52024; Cohen-de Ricci 218-19; Brunet I,1749 "Cette édition est un vrai chef-d'oeuvre typographique." (4)