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Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616) [Don Quixote in German, Illustrated]. Die Abentheurliche Geschichte des scharpfsinnigen Lehns-und Rittersassen, Juncker Harnisches aus Fleckenland.
Frankfurt: Gedruckt bey Blasium Ilssnern, 1669.
Rare early German edition, sometimes described as the second, due to the scarcity/nonexistence of earlier edition; 12mo, illustrated with added engraved title and four additional full-page engravings; the text consisting of the first twenty-two chapters of part one; lacking the half-title; bound in later half sheepskin and marbled paper boards, contents in black letter; toning, trimmed closely, with some top and bottom lines cropped slightly; purchased from Quaritch in 1992; 4 7/8 x 3 in.
Palau 53029; Bonsoms 97; rare at auction and in institutional holdings.
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