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52 - CERVANTES, Miguel de and NOVILIERS CLAVEL, Guillaume-Alexand…
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Estimate €300 - €400
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CERVANTES, Miguel de and NOVILIERS CLAVEL, Guillaume-Alexandre (trans.). *Il Novelliere Castigliano*. In which, blending a serious style with a light-hearted one, curious events, strange occurrences and remarkable happenings are recounted. An excellent mid-18th-century manuscript copy of the only Italian translation of these Exemplary Novels that remained in use until the 19th century. S.l. [Italy], 1745. 1 volume in-4, full vellum, smooth spine decorated with double horizontal fillets and gilt fleurons, vellum title label, blind-stamped fillet on the covers, blue speckled edges. 299 handwritten folios in black ink (237 x 165 mm), ruled and framed by a double line; each page contains 24 lines of cursive script, except for the last, which has 7 lines. Title page and frontispiece depicting an ornamental cartouche supported by two cherubs. Spine burnished; a few small stains on the covers; cap bands rubbed; lower corner of the front cover worn; some foxing on the margins; rare ink stains. Small label glued to the top of the spine. A manuscript copy dated 1745 of Guillaume-Alexandre Noviliers Clavel’s translation of Cervantes’s *Nouvelles Exemplaires*. This, published in 1626, is the first Italian edition and remained the only one until the early 19th century. In this collection of 12 short stories, the Italian influence on the Spanish master’s narrative structure is particularly evident in the so-called ‘idealistic’ stories. This may explain the interest that led our copyist to reproduce this translation. A fine bookplate printed by Devambez for the Chilean writer Karlos Newman, an advocate of ‘ortografía rrazional’, a reform based on the spoken language; A bookplate by John Grover bearing the motto ‘Le Roy, la Loy, la Foy’. A very fine travelling manuscript.
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Auction time 11/02/2026 at 2:00 PM
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