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493 - CERVANTES, Miguel de: 5 illustrated volumes in uniform conte…
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Estimate €300 - €500
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CERVANTES, Miguel de: 5 illustrated volumes in uniform contemporary binding. - *Trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda. Historia setentrional*. Madrid, Antonio de Sancha, 1781 2 in-8 volumes, 394 and 330 pp. Complete with all 8 copperplate engravings designed by Ximeno and engraved by Moreno Tejada, Selva and Brieva, - Viage al Parnaso. Now published anew are an unpublished tragedy and a comedy by Cervantes himself; the former entitled *La Numancia*; the latter, *El Trato de Argel*. Madrid, Antonio de Sancha, 1784. 1 volume in-8, 384 pp., complete with the 3 plates drawn by JF. Ximeno and La Cruz, and engraved by Bartolomé Vázquez and Fabregat. - The Six Books of *La Galatea*. Divided into two volumes. Revised and illustrated with fine plates. Volumes 1–2 Madrid: Don Antonio de Sancha, 1784 2 in-8 volumes, comprising 304 and 364 pp. 12 engravings based on drawings by Josef Ximeno, by the engravers Joaquín Pro (3), Moreno Tejada (2), JJ. Fabregat (3), Simón Brieva (3) and Bartolomeu Vázquez (1) Contemporary full glazed calfskin binding, smooth spine with faux raised bands, ornate panels, marbled edges. Coat of arms on the covers (Coat of arms of the alliance of Pierre Clair de Fondeville, Viscount of Labatut, (1752–1828), lawyer, politician, first elected mayor of Tarbes in 1791, president of the Hautes-Pyrénées General Council during the First Empire and the Restoration, and mayor of Labatut-Rivière.) The coat of arms is also reproduced on a bookplate.
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About the sale Original comic strips and comic books, antique and modern books – Afternoon sale at 2 pm
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Auction time 09/09/2026 at 2:00 PM
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