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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. 1547-1616. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. image 1
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. 1547-1616. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. image 2
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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. 1547-1616.
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780.

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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. 1547-1616.

El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780.
4 volumes, 4to (275 x 204 mm). Engraved portrait of the author, 4 engraved frontispieces, 31 engraved plates, one engraved folding map. 19th century red stained leather, gilt roll tooled border, marbled edges, flat spine with Morocco lettering piece. Light spotting and staining.
Provenance: "EVCH" bookplate by H. Dangon dated 1911 (bookplate).

The best Spanish edition of Cervantes' "sweeping panorama of Spanish society" (PMM). First published in 1605, Don Quixote gained immediate popularity in Spain for its "variety, liveliness, and gibes at the famous" (PMM). Cervantes' universal portrayal of the human condition became "one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times" (PMM). The Ibarra edition, illustrated by artists from the Academia de San Fernando and overseen by Cervantes scholar Vincente de los Ríos, became the preferred edition in Spain when it appeared in 1780. The edition is also recognized for the specially designed type, a monument to the golden age of Spanish typography. Cohen de Ricci 218-219; Palau 52024. See PMM 111.

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