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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Milan: Heredero de Pedromartir Locarni y Juan Bautista Bidello, 1610.
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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Milan: Heredero de Pedromartir Locarni y Juan Bautista Bidello, 1610.
8° (151 x 92mm). Title with woodcut device, woodcut opening initials. (Some light staining to final quires, last 3 leaves with lower corner restored and resultant loss to bottom lines of text, neat repair to top margin of final leaf, a few minor repairs early on, Qq3 with paper fault affecting a few letters, Rr1v with one letter obscured.) Recent vellum over boards, morocco spine label.
Tenth edition of part one, FIRST EDITION PUBLISHED IN ITALY, the editor changing Cervantes's dedication to the Duque de Béjar for that of Vizconde Vitaliano. The text otherwise follows that of the second edition printed by Juan de la Cuesta in 1605. This is an uncropped, unwashed, and unwormed copy. Brunet 1748; Palau 51983; Suñé 10.
8° (151 x 92mm). Title with woodcut device, woodcut opening initials. (Some light staining to final quires, last 3 leaves with lower corner restored and resultant loss to bottom lines of text, neat repair to top margin of final leaf, a few minor repairs early on, Qq3 with paper fault affecting a few letters, Rr1v with one letter obscured.) Recent vellum over boards, morocco spine label.
Tenth edition of part one, FIRST EDITION PUBLISHED IN ITALY, the editor changing Cervantes's dedication to the Duque de Béjar for that of Vizconde Vitaliano. The text otherwise follows that of the second edition printed by Juan de la Cuesta in 1605. This is an uncropped, unwashed, and unwormed copy. Brunet 1748; Palau 51983; Suñé 10.
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