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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616) Vida, y Hechos del Ingenioso Caballero D. Quixote de la Mancha. Nueva Ediccion, Corregida, Ilustrada, y Anadida. [Madrid?]: [Imprenta Real?], [167-?]. Two quarto volumes, woodcut cherubs on typographical title pages printed within type ornament borders, both volumes illustrated with text woodcuts throughout, later half calf (bindings worn, spine of volume two missing),trimmed close at foot with some loss, 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (2)
N.B. Imprint information from WorldCat as cataloged by the Biblioteca Nacional de Espana in Madrid; one copy only listed under this title.
Estimate $400-600
I: [para] 4, A-P8, Q3. 254 pages; II: *4, A-B4, C-L8, M4, N-Z8, Aa8. 370 pages.
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