Miguel De Cervantes - Histoire de l'admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche - 1768

Rare collection of this edition covering volumes II, V, and VI, which demonstrates the ongoing interest in Cervantes and the Belgian publishers' desire to offer an elegant and accessible version of this work.

Volume II continues the adventures of the knight-errant and his faithful squire Sancho Panza, emphasizing the satire of chivalric illusions and multiplying the comic and critical episodes about contemporary society.

Book V develops the secondary plots and embedded narratives, notably the stories of thwarted loves and reflections on freedom, justice, and honor, while also reinforcing the polyphonic dimension of the novel.

Book VI, which belongs to the second part of Don Quixote, depicts the hero's gradual disillusionment, confronted with characters who already know his exploits and who play with his madness, which enhances the mise en abyme and the critique of fiction.

Miguel De Cervantes - History of the admirable Don Quixote of La Mancha - 1768 - Volume II, V and VI - Bassompierre & Van Der Berghen
432 - 532 / 501 pages -

Good condition of the bindings, volumes in their full porphyry calf of the period, showing signs of use, mostly missing headbands, some cracked spines, rubbed corners, marbled edges, decorated raised bands on the spine, gilded titles and volume numbers on pieces of black calf maroquin, cold-stamped fillets framing the covers.

Good interior condition, browning, titles in red and black, works enriched with a few plates outside the text, marbled endpapers.

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