May 14, 2019 - Sale 2508

Sale 2508 - Lot 37

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
CERVANTES, MIGUEL DE. The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha. 5 volumes. Titles in red and black. Illustrated by Daniel Vierge. Introduction by Royal Cortissoz. Translated by Thomas Shelton. 8vo, contemporary full brown morocco gilt, floral cornerpieces within gilt rules, spines tooled in gilt in compartments, all edges gilt; inner dentelles. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906-1907

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deluxe issue, number 55 of 140 copies printed on imperial japan from a total edition of 1150. Four volumes extended to five, included here, the supplementary portfolio, with full-page illustrations before letters, uniformly bound. A fine set.