Cervantes de Saavedra, Miguel de
Exemplarie Novells; in Sixe Books, 1640. London. John Dawson for R.M., to be sold by Laurence Blaicklocke.
First English edition of Cervantes’ Novels
First edition in English of Cervantes’ Novelas Exemplares, arguably his most famous work after the Quijote and certainly the most reproduced during the 17th century; the English translation was prepared by James Mabbe (1572-1642), English scholar, translator and poet.
First edition in English of Cervantes’ Novelas Exemplares, arguably his most famous work after the Quijote and certainly the most reproduced during the 17th century; the English translation was prepared by James Mabbe (1572-1642), English scholar, translator and poet.
$ 40,000.00
Further images
Folio, (260 x 160 mm). Modern calf antique. Fine copy, unsophisticated, occasional spotting and foxing as always, last leaf washed with residual soiling, overall in very good condition.
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