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Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616) The Travels of Persiles and Sigismunda. A Northern History.
London: Printed for H[umphrey] L[ownes] for M[atthew] L[ownes], 1619.
First English edition, translated anonymously, quarto; bound in very good contemporary English calf, rebacked by Bernard Middleton, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.
Cervantes finished this work only three days before his death. He sought to create a serious romance work that would serve as a corollary to Quixote, his comic masterpiece. He considered Persiles a great success and although it has been somewhat misunderstood by modern scholars, more recent readings are casting it in a different light. (See also work on the subject by Michael Nerlich and Michael Armstrong-Roche.)
STC 4918; Rius 1013; Wither to Prior 891; ESTC S107935, locating eight copies in American libraries; rare at auction.
