DESTOUCHES INSPIRED BY CERVANTES - Lot 235

DESTOUCHES INSPIRED BY CERVANTES DESTOUCHES (Nericault). LE CURIEUX IMPERTINENT, comedy in verse. Paris, Pierre Ribou, 1711. One volume in-12, (6 f, 95 pp) full dark green jansenist morocco chagrin, spine ribbed and unsealed (Binding signed Poullair & Renard in Dijon). Original edition of this dramatic adaptation of one of the Nouvelle Exemplaire. This was one of the first extracts from Le Quichotte published in Paris by Medrano in 1609, and later became the first of the "Novelas ejemplares". One of the best examples of Cervantes' influence on French literature. Palau, 71254. Rius, 490. Soleine, 1642. In fine, 18th century signature: Du Cormier fils (?). Engraved bookplate of F. Renard. No. 364 of his library.