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Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616) [Don Quixote in Spanish, Second Lisbon Edition, Censored by the Holy Inquisition]. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Lisbon: Impresso por Pedro Crasbeeck, 1605.
Second Lisbon edition, small octavo, license leaf dated 27 March 1605, the earlier Lisbon edition's license leaf is dated 26 February; bound in contemporary limp parchment, with early inscription to title, "esta expurgado," indicating that passages deemed heretical by the holy inquisition have been crossed out, affecting leaves 73, 94, 97, 101, 132 and 223; incomplete: lacking A1-8 (first signature of text), five text leaves (M7, M8, EE4, EE5 & EE6), all provided in very good facsimile on old paper; also lacking final signature with Table (LLL1-4); two woodcuts of knights on title; a few bottom lines cropped, final signature dog-eared; verso of final leaf stained, binding worn, housed in a modern custom box covered in full calf; bookplate inside front cover with motto, "Ars Super Omnia," and the initials C.A.; 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.
Seris 4; Rius 3; not in Salva or Heredia.
The missing text leaves were most likely removed by the inquisitor while censoring the book. M7 and M8 contain the description of the scene which finds the inn keeper's daughter in Don Quixote's bed, EE4-6 covers Dorotea's seduction, and the beginning chapter lays out Quixote's general character, mentioning his wild ideas (gained from reading heretical books) and describing Quixote's desire to woo a great lady.
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