Don Quichotte De La Manche
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Hachette & Cie., 1909. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 7.5". Gustave Dore. A very smart new illustrated edition of the Spanish epic novel Don Quixote, in the French language. French language. Illustrated with frontispiece, twenty-four full page images, and many in-text figures. The Spanish epic novel of Don Quixote, considered a founding work of Western literature and the first modern novel, it is one of the most translated works in the world. The plot follows the adventures of a member of the lowest nobility, Alonso Quijano, who reads so many chivalric romances that he looses his mind and decides to become a knight-errant and serve his nation. Written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, an Early Modern Spanish writer regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. Illustrated by Gustave Dore, a French printmaker, illustrator, painter, comic artist, caricaturist and sculptor. This book was awarded to Arthur Taylor from the Grammar School in Macclesfield. Taylor was a second lieutenant in the Cheshire Regiment during the First World War. Unfortunately, the last his family heard from the Red Cross was that he was wounded in Germany and had been taken as a prisoner of war. In the original orange cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the edges of the boards. The odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light age toning to the extremities. School prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 880T57
- Title
- Don Quichotte De La Manche
- Author
- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- Illustrator
- Gustave Dore
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hachette & Cie.
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1909
- Size
- 11" by 7.5"
- Keywords
- Don Quichotte Don Quixote Cervantes Saavedra Don Quixote
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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