ILLUSTRATED BY DANIEL URRABIETA VIRGIN CERVANTES... Lot 21

ILLUSTRATED BY DANIEL URRABIETA VIRGIN CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA. Barcelona, Salvat y Ca, 1916-1927. Two volumes in two volumes in-4 (513 pp, 1 f of table, 29 plates h. -t. // 559 pp and index, 26 plates h. -t). Leather spines highly decorated with gilded floral motifs, percaline boards decorated with the arms of Spain, Castile and Aragon (Publisher's bindings). Superb edition illustrated by Daniel Urrabieta Vierge (1851-1904), a famous Spanish illustrator from Madrid. According to Palau, 52293, this typographic painter is considered one of the best of his time. First published in Spain. Volume I, dated 1916, is a first edition; it would appear that Volume II, despite the copyright, is a reprint. The book belonged to Manuel Ramirez Pinto, abogado-Procurador of La Palma, who stamped it. A very fine copy.