Author: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.
Title: Histoire de l'admirable Don Quixotte de la Manche.
Description: Amsterdam; 1699 / 1715; Pierre Mortier / Les Frères Wetstein. Six volumes. Vol. 1: 408 pp., frontispiece , 11 engravings. Vol 2 : 418, (6) pp., frontispiece, 5 engravings. Vol. 3 : 400 pp., frontispiece, 8 engravings. Vol 4 : 456 pp., frontispiece, 8 engravings. Vol. 5 : 501 pp., frontispiece, 8 engravings. Vol. 6: 500 pp., frontispiece, 5 engravings. All together 45 engravings and 6 frontispieces. Engravings signed by Caspar Luyken (1672-1708) and Hendrik Causé (1648-1699) or anonymous. Gilt printed half leather with marbled boards; in 12º. (13,5 x 9 cm).1 Vol. II some pp. waterstained but overall a very fine and rare set, seldom found with vol. 6 "Continuation de L'Histoire de Don Quichotte".

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