CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). HISTORY OF THE... Lot 27

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). HISTORY OF THE ADMIRABLE DON QUIXOTTE DE LA MANCHA. According to the copy printed in Paris, Claude Barbin, 1681-1696. Five small volumes in-12, full red fine-grained morocco, spines finely decorated with cold-stamped motifs, title and tomes in gold, place and dates at foot. Fillets on the edges and triple framing of cold-stamped fillets and frieze. Gilt edges (Fine unsigned early 19th-century binding in the spirit of Bozérian). Some rubbing to bindings. Front cover. 5 ff. 380 pp. // front. 405 pp. //front. 3ff. 400 pp. //front. 5 ff. 456 pp. //front. 3ff. 504pp. First illustrated edition of Filleau de Saint-Martin's translation. It includes 5 frontispieces and 48 plates copied from the Brussels edition and re-engraved by Nicolas Cause. The frontispiece and 6 plates of volume 5 (dated 1696 in Amsterdam by Pierre Mortier) are designed and engraved by Gaspard Luyken. Palau, 52704; Rius, 472. A fine copy from the library of Et. Bauvillain (with his bookplate engraved by Ch. Jouas with the motto "toujours, il vous aime").