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Auction archive: Lot number 30

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Early Printed Books
27 Oct 2020
Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 30

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Early Printed Books
27 Oct 2020
Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616) The History of Don-Quichote [Quixote]. The First [and Second] Part. London: Printed [by William Stansby] for Edward Blount, [1620]. Second edition of part one, first edition of part two; two quarto volumes bound together; incomplete, volume one lacking [pi]1-3, engraved title, typographical title, and all before [pi]4; the following collation includes leaves present in this copy: I: A-Z8, Aa-Oo8; II: A-Z8 (signature K misbound), Aa-Ii8, Kk1, Kk2 present only as a torn scrap (less than a quarter page), lacking the last three leaves, Kk2, Kk3, and Kk4, a substantial fragment consisting of more than 1,000 pages; bound in contemporary calf boards, artlessly repaired, 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. STC 4916 & 4917; ESTC S107641 & S107642; Pforzheimer 140; Grolier/Langland to Wither 213.

Auction archive: Lot number 30
Auction:
Datum:
27 Oct 2020
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
Beschreibung:

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616) The History of Don-Quichote [Quixote]. The First [and Second] Part. London: Printed [by William Stansby] for Edward Blount, [1620]. Second edition of part one, first edition of part two; two quarto volumes bound together; incomplete, volume one lacking [pi]1-3, engraved title, typographical title, and all before [pi]4; the following collation includes leaves present in this copy: I: A-Z8, Aa-Oo8; II: A-Z8 (signature K misbound), Aa-Ii8, Kk1, Kk2 present only as a torn scrap (less than a quarter page), lacking the last three leaves, Kk2, Kk3, and Kk4, a substantial fragment consisting of more than 1,000 pages; bound in contemporary calf boards, artlessly repaired, 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. STC 4916 & 4917; ESTC S107641 & S107642; Pforzheimer 140; Grolier/Langland to Wither 213.

Auction archive: Lot number 30
Auction:
Datum:
27 Oct 2020
Auction house:
Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
United States
swann@swanngalleries.com
+1 (0)212 2544710
+1 (0)212 9791017
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