Title: [Don Quixote in Spanish, facsimile of first edition, i.e:], El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha Author: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Place: Barcelona Publisher: Don Francisco Lopez Fabra Date: 1871-1873 Description: 2 volumes. [2], [12]26.5x18.5 cm. (10½x7¼"), period half morocco & cloth, spines tooled in gilt, raise bands, morocco endpapers. Lithographic facsimile of the excessively rare first edition of Don Quixote, being the first lithographic facsimile of any book, "Primera Obra Reproducica en el Mundo por la Foto-Tipografia." Copy number 500, numbered in ink on preliminary leaf, but with no stated limitation. Handsomely printed on fine, thick paper - this edition is very rare in commerce Lot Amendments Condition: Some minor scuffing to leather, corners showing; very good, internally fine. Item number: 229324
Title: [Don Quixote in Spanish, facsimile of first edition, i.e:], El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha Author: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Place: Barcelona Publisher: Don Francisco Lopez Fabra Date: 1871-1873 Description: 2 volumes. [2], [12]26.5x18.5 cm. (10½x7¼"), period half morocco & cloth, spines tooled in gilt, raise bands, morocco endpapers. Lithographic facsimile of the excessively rare first edition of Don Quixote, being the first lithographic facsimile of any book, "Primera Obra Reproducica en el Mundo por la Foto-Tipografia." Copy number 500, numbered in ink on preliminary leaf, but with no stated limitation. Handsomely printed on fine, thick paper - this edition is very rare in commerce Lot Amendments Condition: Some minor scuffing to leather, corners showing; very good, internally fine. Item number: 229324
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