El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote De la Mancha. Compuesto Por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Nueva edición, Adornada con láminas en cobre, cuyas planchas son propiedad De la Real Academia Española. (in 3 vol.). Translated: The ingenious gentleman Don Quixote Of La Mancha. Written By Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. New edition, Adorned with copper engravings, whose plates are the property Of the Royal Spanish Academy.

El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote De la Mancha. Compuesto Por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Nueva edición, Adornada con láminas en cobre, cuyas planchas son propiedad De la Real Academia Española. (in 3 vol.). Translated: The ingenious gentleman Don Quixote Of La Mancha. Written By Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.New edition, Adorned with copper engravings, whose plates are the property Of the Royal Spanish Academy. 1862. Madrid: En la imprenta nacional.

Folio.(10" x 14") 3 Volumes complete. 1862. Madrid: En La Imprenta Nacional. Quarter red leather over red cloth, gilt fancy rule with floriate corners framing covers. Spine with five raised bands, gilt author/title to second compartment, gilt vol# to fourth compartment, fields of tiny gilt fleur-de-lis in all other compartments, a gilt "E.F." towards foot, with fancy gilt to head and foot of spine. All edges speckled brown, marbled endpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss to some tips (see pic). Head and foot of spine with tiny closed tears, rubbing, but no loss. Page 43/44 of Vol. 3 has a chunk of page lacking at the foot, not affecting the text. Fore-edge of boards on Vols. 1, 2 with water damage, all covers with some soiling, small stains (see pic). Gutters strengthened with binder's tape. Illustrated with 40 engravings, 2 lithos of facsimile manuscript, and a folding map. Overall, a beautiful set of books.

An elaborate, large-format edition of Cervantes' classic, one of the greatest of literary creations, finely printed and with excellent engravings. 3 volumes. xxiii, [1], 389, [7]; ix, [1], 430, [14]; xix, [1], 391, [11] pp. With numerous engraved plates after various artists, printed on thick paper, with tissue guards. There is also a section titled Documentos De Grande Importancia Para La Historia de Cervantes, Hallados En Sevilla. Another titled Extracto De Los nuevos Documentos Hallados En Simancas Acerca De Las Comisiones De Cervantes En Andalucia and an Noticia Bibliografica Der Las Principales Y Mas Curiosas mEdiciones Del Quijote, Por Don Martin Fernandez De Navarrete Hasta El Ano De 1808, Y Anadida Y Continuada En Esta Edicion Hasta El De 1862.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616) was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his novel Don Quixote, a work considered the first modern novel.

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