Cervantes. — The Story of the Admirable Don Quixote of La Ma - Lot 428

Cervantes. — The Story of the Admirable Don Quixote of La Mancha. New edition. Revised, corrected, and expanded. [followed by] A New and True Continuation of the Story and Adventures of the Incomparable Don Quixote of La Mancha. Translated from a Spanish manuscript by Cid-Hamet Benengely, his true historian. [followed by] The Story of Sancho Panza, Mayor of Blandanda, serving as the sixth and final volume in the new sequel to The Adventures of Don Quixote; Paris, Bordelet, 1754 (Vol. I–VI); Paris, Nion père, 1741 (Vol. VII–XII). 12 in-12 volumes with continuous volume numbering on the binding and separate numbering for the interior texts, full speckled calf in uniform bindings, spined spines with decorative raised bands, title and volume number labels in red and fawn - 8 caps worn down or with tears, 6 bands with incipient cracks or weakened, 2 wormholes on 1 spine, 4 corners pierced, skin wear - Vol. I–VI, complete with all 40 half-title plates; Vol. VII–XI, complete with all 32 illustrations in half-leather and the 2 fold-out plates of musical notation; Vol. XII, complete with all 4 illustrations in half-leather. Rarely complete in all 12 volumes. Texts not collated.