REPRINT OF THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED SPANISH EDITION (1662) - Lot 4

REPRINT OF THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED SPANISH EDITION (1662) CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). VIDA Y HECHOS DEL INGENIOSO CAVALLERO DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA. En Amberes, Geronymo y Juanbautista Verdussen, 1673. Two volumes in two volumes in-8 (frontispiece, 9 ff, 611 pp, 2 ff and 16 pl. // frontispiece, 7 ff, 649 pp, 3 ff and 16 pl. ), full brown calf, ornate ribbed spine (period bindings), binding a little cracked but a very good copy. Nueva edicion, coregida y ilustrada con 32 differentes Estampas muy donosas y apropriadas à la materia. This is the fifth Spanish edition, taking over from the 1662 edition. Palau : igual que la de 1662, salvo en los preliminares. La secunda portada lleva fecha de 1672. Peeters-Fontainas 232; Rius, 25; Henrich, 25. Fine edition illustrated with two frontispieces and 32 engravings by Frederik Bouttats.