CERVANTES SAAVREDA, MIGUEL de El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Nueva edicion corregida por D. Juan Antonio Pellicer. Madrid: Gabriel de Sancha, 1797-98. First edition in this form. Five volumes, fine contemporary tree calf, covers with a swashed diagonal cross, edged with a gilt roll, flat spines with gilt bands and green lettering pieces, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. 8 7/8 x 5 inches (20 x 12.5 cm); [8], CCXLIV, 143 pp.; [6], 318 pp.; [4], 275 pp.; [20], 456 pp.; [6], 483, [1] pp. With 2 engraved portraits, 2 engraved headpieces, 3 folding maps, and 31 engraved plates executed by P. Duflos and Moreno Tejada after R. Ximeno, A. Navarro, Monnet and Camaron y Paret. With a few unimportant paper flaws and some light browning, in all an exceptionally attractive copy. From the Conyngham collection, with bookplate. First edition of this monumental annotated Quixote, the lifetime work of Spain's first great Cervantist, Juan Antonio Pellicer. "This beautiful edition, which is printed on excellent paper, is of the highest importance for Pellicer's erudite notes and commentary, and for his painstaking corrections of the text" (Ruis). By focusing his attention on the authentic Spanish folklore that Cervantes would have drawn upon, Pellicer set the precedent for modern editorial methods. The present edition is illustrated with numerous fine plates, described by Ashbee as "among the finest produced in Spain." Palau 52030; Salva 1568; Mas II, 446; Ruis I, 59; Ashbee Iconography of Don Quixote 93. C
CERVANTES SAAVREDA, MIGUEL de El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Nueva edicion corregida por D. Juan Antonio Pellicer. Madrid: Gabriel de Sancha, 1797-98. First edition in this form. Five volumes, fine contemporary tree calf, covers with a swashed diagonal cross, edged with a gilt roll, flat spines with gilt bands and green lettering pieces, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. 8 7/8 x 5 inches (20 x 12.5 cm); [8], CCXLIV, 143 pp.; [6], 318 pp.; [4], 275 pp.; [20], 456 pp.; [6], 483, [1] pp. With 2 engraved portraits, 2 engraved headpieces, 3 folding maps, and 31 engraved plates executed by P. Duflos and Moreno Tejada after R. Ximeno, A. Navarro, Monnet and Camaron y Paret. With a few unimportant paper flaws and some light browning, in all an exceptionally attractive copy. From the Conyngham collection, with bookplate. First edition of this monumental annotated Quixote, the lifetime work of Spain's first great Cervantist, Juan Antonio Pellicer. "This beautiful edition, which is printed on excellent paper, is of the highest importance for Pellicer's erudite notes and commentary, and for his painstaking corrections of the text" (Ruis). By focusing his attention on the authentic Spanish folklore that Cervantes would have drawn upon, Pellicer set the precedent for modern editorial methods. The present edition is illustrated with numerous fine plates, described by Ashbee as "among the finest produced in Spain." Palau 52030; Salva 1568; Mas II, 446; Ruis I, 59; Ashbee Iconography of Don Quixote 93. C
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