Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. Don Quixote de la Mancha (2 volume set). New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. Edition de Grand Luxe. [12264]
Two volumes in three-quarter morocco with vibrant marbled paper boards, matching marbled end papers, top page edges gilt, 6 gilt-decorated spine panels, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Some light rubbing to the edges; bottom of spine a bit dark; some crazing at the bottom of the spines. Photogravure frontispieces, letter press tissue guard, Volume One with xlviii [1], 450 clean pp., seven additional plates with letter press tissue guards; Volume Two with xix, [1], 540 clean pp., eight additional plates with letter press tissue guards. Good. Hardcover.
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