Miguel Cervantes: Les Principales Avantures de l admirable Don Quichotte, Representees en Figures par Coypel, Picart, le Romain, et autres Habiles Maitres. .

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Miguel Cervantes : Les Principales Avantures de l admirable Don Quichotte, Representees en Figures par Coypel, Picart, le Romain, et autres Habiles Maitres. .

Pierre de Hondt, The Hague, c. 1746.

Contemporary full mottled calf rebacked expertly in seven densely gilt compartments of raised bands, red morocco label on two, all edges tinted red. , In very good condition, the plates and text are clean., 4to., P. title, blank, iii-viii, 1-330, (2)., Title in red and black with a vignette, elaborate head and tail pieces and initials throughout. With 31 plates by Coypel, many of which are engraved by Picart.

Text in French.
Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra wrote Don Quixote in prison at Argamasilla in La Mancha. Cervantes' idea was to give a picture of real life and manners and to express himself in clear language, "in simple, honest, and well-measured words," as he stated in the prologue to Part I. The intrusion of everyday speech into a literary context was highly acclaimed by the reading public.


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