THIRD EDITION OF THE SPANISH ACADEMY CERVANTES... Lot 10

THIRD EDITION OF THE SPANISH ACADEMY CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA. Madrid, En la imprenta de la Academia por la viuda de Ibarra, 1787. Six volumes in six volumes in-8 (4 ff, ccclxviii pp, 89 pp and a portrait of Cervantes, a map and 3 pl. // 3 ff, 326 pp and 4 pl. // 3 ff, 469 pp and 4 pl. // xx pp, 300 pp, 5 pl. // 3 ff, 330 pp, 4 pl. // 3 ff, 305 pp and 3 pl. ). Full porphyry calf, spines finely decorated with musical instruments, roulettes on the boards, gilt edges (period bindings). A fine copy, despite a few cracked jaws and two eliminated headpieces. Third edition, corrected and given by the Spanish Academy (after those of 1780 and 1782). Palau, 52028: El gran éxito con que fue recibida la bella edición de 1782 (económica, igual en todo a la de 1780 menos las láminas diferentes) obligó a la Real Academia a publicar la de 1787. The 23 plates (not 22, cf. Palau) are designed by Isidro y Antoño Carnicero, copper-engraved by Selma, Montaner, Brieva, Moreno Tejada, Fabregat, Palomino, Ballester y Carmona. . Rius, 57; Heinrich, 58.