Miguel de Cervantes & Louis Viardot / Dubout - L'ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte De La Manche - 1938

Fascinating numbered edition 1424 on Bulky vellum and illustrated by Dubout, of one of the foundational editions of Western literature, chronicling the destinies that are at once comic, poetic, and deeply human for Don Quixote and his faithful companion Sancho Panza.

The tale features Alonso Quijano, a Manchean gentleman passionate about chivalric romances, whose excessive reading eventually distorts his perception of the world to the point of convincing him to become a wandering knight-errant under the name Don Quixote and to set out in search of adventures, battles, and opportunities to defend the weak and the oppressed.

Moved by the knightly ideal, the hero continually interprets reality through the lens of his readings, turning inns into castles, peasants into noble figures, herds into hostile armies, and above all turning windmills into formidable giants he undertakes to combat.

Miguel de Cervantes & Louis Viardot / Dubout - The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha - 1938 - Volumes I, II and IV - Volume III missing - Under the Secretary's Emblem -
(4) + 317, (4) + 349 AND (4) + 373 Pages.

Very good state of the bindings, volumes in their full original carton, in their original marbled slipcase, with wear from use, some defects to the slipcase of the first volume, speckled edges, smooth spine adorned with a golden engraving, titlings, volume numbers and the author’s name in gold.

Good internal condition, slight browning, colour printed title page, volumes enriched with beautiful full-color Dubout illustrations, with Louis Viardot’s translation, a fine numbered copy 1424 on Bulky vellum, marbled endpapers in good condition, clean text, fresh inside.

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