Miguel de CERVANTES
Persile et Sigismonde, histoire septentrionale
Chez Michel Gandouin|à Paris 1738|9.50 x 16.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
First edition of this French translation by Madame Le Givre de Richebourg, initialed on the title pages: L. G. D. R.
Contemporary full marbled calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Garnet morocco title label, red morocco volume label. Volume I headcaps missing. A lack along the lower joint of volume I and 2 on the upper board (wormhole damage). Lack at head of volume II. Half-title and title pages with browning in margins. 2 corners slightly bumped.
Cervantes' last work completed 4 days before his death and published posthumously in 1617. In his epistle, Cervantes declares he had never written anything better. The novel is a sort of rewriting of Heliodorus's Latin novel: The Aethiopica, but Cervantes placed his heroes in the north and each of the trials of the separated couple takes place in a spiritual and Christian journey. This work would not have many editions over the centuries, eclipsed by the success of Don Quixote.
Contemporary full marbled calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Garnet morocco title label, red morocco volume label. Volume I headcaps missing. A lack along the lower joint of volume I and 2 on the upper board (wormhole damage). Lack at head of volume II. Half-title and title pages with browning in margins. 2 corners slightly bumped.
Cervantes' last work completed 4 days before his death and published posthumously in 1617. In his epistle, Cervantes declares he had never written anything better. The novel is a sort of rewriting of Heliodorus's Latin novel: The Aethiopica, but Cervantes placed his heroes in the north and each of the trials of the separated couple takes place in a spiritual and Christian journey. This work would not have many editions over the centuries, eclipsed by the success of Don Quixote.
€600