Lot 8
- 8
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
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El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Brussels: Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611
8vo (6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.; 172 x 108 mm). Title vignette with printer's ornaments, woodcut initials, headpieces of printer's ornaments; title and preliminary leaves lightly browned, small rust hole in leaves B5-7 touching a few letters, tiny light dampstain in upper outer corner of quires Aa-Bb. Contemporary limp vellum, ms. paper label on spine.
8vo (6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.; 172 x 108 mm). Title vignette with printer's ornaments, woodcut initials, headpieces of printer's ornaments; title and preliminary leaves lightly browned, small rust hole in leaves B5-7 touching a few letters, tiny light dampstain in upper outer corner of quires Aa-Bb. Contemporary limp vellum, ms. paper label on spine.
Provenance
Purchase note on front endpaper dated "25 January 1613" — Filejan de Bonneau (contemporary ms. exlibris on title)
Literature
L. Rius, Bibliografia (1895), no. 10; Ford & Lansing, p. 5
Condition
title and preliminary leaves lightly browned, small rust hole in leaves B5-7 touching a few letters, tiny light dampstain in upper outer corner of quires Aa-Bb. Contemporary limp vellum, ms. paper label on spine
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Second Velpius edition, first published in Brussels in 1607.