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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha. Nueva edicion corrigida por la Real Academia Española. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. 4 volumes, large 4° (290 x 218mm). Four engraved frontispieces, folding map, portrait and 31 engraved plates after A. Carnicero, J. del Castillo, J. Brunete, B. Barranco, P. Arnal, G. Gil and G. Ferro, engraved head- and tailpieces. (Tiny hole to III.O3 affecting one letter, some occasional insignificant spotting mostly confined to margins.) Contemporary Spanish mottled sheep, covers with gilt-tooled frames, red morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, red silk ribbon marker (extremities rubbed). Provenance: purchased from Monge, 1931.
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha. Nueva edicion corrigida por la Real Academia Española. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. 4 volumes, large 4° (290 x 218mm). Four engraved frontispieces, folding map, portrait and 31 engraved plates after A. Carnicero, J. del Castillo, J. Brunete, B. Barranco, P. Arnal, G. Gil and G. Ferro, engraved head- and tailpieces. (Tiny hole to III.O3 affecting one letter, some occasional insignificant spotting mostly confined to margins.) Contemporary Spanish mottled sheep, covers with gilt-tooled frames, red morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, red silk ribbon marker (extremities rubbed). Provenance: purchased from Monge, 1931.
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha. Nueva edicion corrigida por la Real Academia Española. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. 4 volumes, large 4° (290 x 218mm). Four engraved frontispieces, folding map, portrait and 31 engraved plates after A. Carnicero, J. del Castillo, J. Brunete, B. Barranco, P. Arnal, G. Gil and G. Ferro, engraved head- and tailpieces. (Tiny hole to III.O3 affecting one letter, some occasional insignificant spotting mostly confined to margins.) Contemporary Spanish mottled sheep, covers with gilt-tooled frames, red morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, red silk ribbon marker (extremities rubbed). Provenance: purchased from Monge, 1931.
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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha. Nueva edicion corrigida por la Real Academia Española. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. 4 volumes, large 4° (290 x 218mm). Four engraved frontispieces, folding map, portrait and 31 engraved plates after A. Carnicero, J. del Castillo, J. Brunete, B. Barranco, P. Arnal, G. Gil and G. Ferro, engraved head- and tailpieces. (Tiny hole to III.O3 affecting one letter, some occasional insignificant spotting mostly confined to margins.) Contemporary Spanish mottled sheep, covers with gilt-tooled frames, red morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, red silk ribbon marker (extremities rubbed). Provenance: purchased from Monge, 1931.

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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha. Nueva edicion corrigida por la Real Academia Española. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. 4 volumes, large 4° (290 x 218mm). Four engraved frontispieces, folding map, portrait and 31 engraved plates after A. Carnicero, J. del Castillo, J. Brunete, B. Barranco, P. Arnal, G. Gil and G. Ferro, engraved head- and tailpieces. (Tiny hole to III.O3 affecting one letter, some occasional insignificant spotting mostly confined to margins.) Contemporary Spanish mottled sheep, covers with gilt-tooled frames, red morocco lettering-pieces, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, red silk ribbon marker (extremities rubbed). Provenance: purchased from Monge, 1931.

THE BEST SPANISH EDITION OF DON QUIXOTE. 'Magnifíca edicíon y superior en belleza artística a todas las que hasta entonces se habían hecho en España y en el extranjero,' states Palau. Printed in an especially designed type, it textually follows the 1605 first edition. Cohen-de Ricci 218-19; Palau III, 52024. (4)

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