CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO... Lot 12

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA. Berlin, Enrique Frolich, 1804-1805. Six volumes in six volumes in-8, green half-chagrin with corners, speckled edges (Binding mid-nineteenth century). A fine copy. This edition includes in volumes V and VI "La Vie de Michel de Cervantes" by Pellicer y Saforcada, and an index of words, phrases and proverbs from Le Quichotte. It is illustrated with a fine portrait of the author engraved by H. Lips and a map of Don Quixote's "voyages", drawn by Lopez and engraved by Schlenen. Palau, 52035: "para esta edición sirvió de modelo la de Pellicer, y las notas se copiaron del mismo, de Bowle, de Covarrubias y de la edición de la Real Academia". This Spanish edition, published in Germany at the dawn of the 19th century, underlines the enduring interest in this masterpiece in Europe for over two and a half centuries.