1771 DON QUIXOTE CERVANTES 6 VOL SET ANTIQUE FINE LEATHER FRENCH 31 ENGRAVINGS

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WELCOME TO MY AUCTIONYOU ARE VIEWINGHistoire De L'AdmirableDon Quichotte De La MancheTraduire de L'Efpagnolde Michel De CervantesComplete in Six VolumesWith 31 PlatesParis:Par La Compagnie Des Libraires1771**More Pictures Below**Item Description: Original 1771 edition of Histoire De L'Admirable Don Quichotte De La Manche. Traduire de L'Efpagnol de Michel De Cervantes. Complete in Six Volumes. Text in French. Total of 31 copper plate engravings. Nouvelle Edition. Revue, Corrigee & Augmentee. Paris: Par La Compagnie Des Libraires, 1771. Condition: Very Good. The leather bindings are clean and tight. There is light wear and chipping to the corners, joints and spine ends. The binding and hinges are solid and tight. There are pencil notations on the endpapers. The text pages are clean, bright and tightly bound. No writing, markings, or foxing. No torn or missing pages. Hardcover. Bound in full mottled leather with decorated gilt spines, two leather spine labels with gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers and edges. Vol. I. 440pp + 4 plates, Vol. II. 432pp. 2 plates, Vol. III. 442pp, 8 plates, Vol. IV. 532pp. 9 plates, Vol. V. 494pp. 4 plates, Vol. VI. 501pp. 4 plates. 4 x 6 5/8" tall. An excellent addition to any library or collection.Condition: Very Good. The leather bindings are clean and tight. There is light wear and chipping to the corners, joints and spine ends. The binding and hinges are solid and tight. There are pencil notations on the endpapers. The text pages are clean, bright and tightly bound. No writing, markings, or foxing. No torn or missing pages. An excellent addition to a library or collection.The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha ( Spanish : El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha ), is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra . It follows the adventures of a nameless hidalgo (at the end of Part II given the name Alonso Quixano) who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to set out to revive chivalry , undo wrongs, and bring justice to the world, under the name Don Quixote . He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza , as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthy wit in dealing with Don Quixote's rhetorical orations on antiquated knighthood . Don Quixote, in the first part of the book, does not see the world for what it is, and prefers to imagine that he is living out a knightly story. The story implements various themes, such as intertextuality , realism , metatheatre , and literary representation.Published in two volumes, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is considered one of the most influential works of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature and one of the earliest canonical novels, it regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published, such as the Bokklubben World Library collection which cites Don Quixote as authors' choice for the "best literary work ever written". It has had major influence on the literary community, as evidenced by direct references in Alexandre Dumas ' The Three Musketeers (1844) and Mark Twain 's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), as well as the word " quixotic ". Arthur Schopenhauer cited Don Quixote as one of the four greatest novels ever written, along with Tristram Shandy , La Nouvelle Héloïse , and Wilhelm Meister . Wikipedia.Fast Shipping--Free Delivery Confirmation!! ... We have 12 years experience selling on Ebay. We maintain 100% Feedback. Please Check out my other items ! Be sure to add me to your favorites list ! _____________________________________________________________ Condition glossary:MINT - as newFINE - clean and with no wear but not as crisp as mintNEAR FINE - clean with only minimal shelf wear - no writing or tearsVERY GOOD - clean with light shelf wear, possible owner's name, any marks or tears are disclosedGOOD - worn edges and corners, ... read more

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