Cervantes, S., DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA, vols. I–VI, 1899 [illustrated by Gustav Doré, art. binding]

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547–1616)
Don Quixote of La Mancha. Vol. 1–6 [complete set] / Cervantes; translated by W. Zakrzewski; with a foreword by J. A. Święcicki; (illustrated by Gustave Doré)
Warsaw: Editorial and Administrative Office [of the Library of Selected Works], 1899

160 pp., [16] ill. plates, 157, [3] pp., [12] ill. plates, 168 pp., [14] plates, 156, [3] pp., [10] plates, 159 pp., [10] plates, 173, [3] pp., [10] plates;18 cm; parchment: leather endpapers with embossing, as well as elaborate embossing and gilding, colored on the spine; the dies used for the embossing were made based on a hand-drawn graphic design; marbled endpapers; the binding and die designs were created by graphic artist and bookbinder Kateryna Zubakhina; the binding is signed with a sticker; Condition: more than good; the blocks are intact; aside from seals and inscriptions on the title page, the copies are clean; the edges of the pages are trimmed; the book has been restored; the arrangement of the volumes is period-correct; in the second volume, the order of the sixth and fourth books has been reversed;

A Polish translation of Miguel de Cervantes’s most famous novel, considered one of the most important works of world literature. This edition has been enriched with illustrations by Gustave Doré and a foreword by Józef Aleksander Święcicki; a unique item in a unique binding;