CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). HISTORY OF THE ADMIRABLE DON - Lot 27

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). HISTORY OF THE ADMIRABLE DON QUIXOTTE DE LA MANCHA. According to the copy printed in Paris, Claude Barbin, 1681-1696. Five small volumes in-12, full red fine-grained morocco, spines finely decorated with cold-stamped motifs, title and tomes in gold, place and dates at foot. Fillets on the edges and triple framing of cold-stamped fillets and frieze. Gilt edges (Fine unsigned early 19th-century binding in the spirit of Bozérian). Some rubbing to bindings. Front cover. 5 ff. 380 pp. // front. 405 pp. //front. 3ff. 400 pp. //front. 5 ff. 456 pp. //front. 3ff. 504pp. First illustrated edition of Filleau de Saint-Martin's translation. It includes 5 frontispieces and 48 plates copied from the Brussels edition and re-engraved by Nicolas Cause. The frontispiece and 6 plates of volume 5 (dated 1696 in Amsterdam by Pierre Mortier) are designed and engraved by Gaspard Luyken. Palau, 52704; Rius, 472. A fine copy from the library of Et. Bauvillain (with his bookplate engraved by Ch. Jouas with the motto "toujours, il vous aime").