1678 Don Quixote Quijote by Spanish Cervantes

Rare & Valuable Classic – GREAT GIFT!

 

This is a wonderful and rare offering of the following work written in French

 

Main author: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.

 

Title details: Histoire de l'admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche.

[ Don Quixote. French ]

[ Histoire de Don Quichotte. ]

 

 

Published: A Paris : Chez Claude Barbin 1678 (tome troisieme)

 

Other names: Barbin, Claude, ca. 1628-1698, [publisher.]

 

Language: French

 

This is a wonderful volume with fantastic contents and would make a great addition to any collection. I have recently been so pleased by hearing how much my books have been delightful gifts for others. Therefore, I encourage you to think ahead…Anniversary, Birthday, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, or any other special occasion! As a book lover there is not much I would rather receive as a gift. This is one of several such works I am listing, so be sure to check out my other listings.

 

I have included a biography at the end of the listing for those interested.

 

 

Wear:  some wear to the corners, edges, and spine ends; some rubbing and scuffing to the leather in places; attractive appearance with gold gilt design; see photos

Binding: tight and secure leather binding

Pages: complete with all 567 pages; includes indexes, prefaces, and such; generally free from markings or foxing;

Publisher: A Paris : Chez Claude Barbin 1678

Unique features:  rare and excellent contents; ~6.5in X 3.5in

 

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Don Quixote (Spanish: Don Quijote (help·info), IPA: [/dɒnˈkihoʊte/], but see spelling and pronunciation below), fully titled El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha ("The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha") is an early novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story based upon a manuscript by the invented Moorish historian, Cide Hamete Benengeli.

 

The protagonist, Alonso Quixano, is a country gentleman who has read so many stories of chivalry that he descends into fantasy and becomes convinced he is a knight errant. Together with his earthy squire Sancho Panza, the self-styled "Don Quixote de la Mancha" sets out in search of adventure. The "lady" for whom Quixote seeks to toil is Dulcinea del Toboso, an imaginary object crafted from a neighbouring farmgirl (her real name is Aldonza Lorenzo) by the illusion-struck "knight" to be the object of his courtly love. "Dulcinea" is totally unaware of Quixote's feelings for her and does not actually appear in the novel.

 

Published in two volumes a decade apart, Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age and perhaps the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, it regularly appears at the top of lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published.[1]

 

 

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