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"GOD'S BOOK CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). EL...

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"GOD'S BOOK CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA... dirigido al duque de Bejar. Brucelas, Roger Velpius y Huberto Antonio, 1611. One volume in-8 (8 ff, 583 pp, 9 pp) full contemporary vellum, corners worn. Leaf A1 torn (restored on contemporary paper), last leaf repaired without loss. Manié copy. Second edition published in Brussels. This is a very rare edition, but contrary to Rius (10) and Palau (51984), it is not an exact reproduction of the 1607 edition, as the text has been recomposed. Rius erroneously points out: Equivocadamente creyo Navarrete que la edicion de 1608 sirvio de texto para la presente, la cual es copia exacta de la de Bruselas, año 1607! This first part, the only one published at the time, is sometimes joined by the second part from Brussels, published in 1616. Bibliothèque Mazarine, 8° 22315. A touching old handwritten inscription on the first blank page: "LIVRE DIEU" or "Vive Dieu", probably by a learned French reader. Extremely rare