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 Aethio
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 Aethio
€600