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[RELIURE DE SIMIER] CERVANTES, Don Quijote de la Mancha, 1827
CERVANTES, Miguel.
El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, compuesto por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Edición en miniatura enteramente conforme á la última corregida y publicada por la Real Academia Española.
Paris, Jules Didot, 1827.
32mo (120x78 mm), (4)-xxii-616 pages and 9 plates printed on Chine and 1 double map. binding : Contemporary full calf, gilt spine in four compartments. Binding signed by Simier with specials gilts made for this edition. All edges gilden. Joints rubbed and first joint splitting at head.
First miscroscopic edition by Didot.
Performance by the printer Didot who fit the entire text of Cervantes into a single tiny volume. As Brunet remarks, it is not easy to read, and Didot printed a more convenient two-volume edition a few years later. The work was commissioned by Joachim Maria de Ferrer, a Spanish statesman, who said Rius, had this edition distributed to his friends.
Most of the copies encountered are covered in a romantic binding by Simier (various variants).
references: Brunet [I, 1750 : "Edition en très petits caractères, imprimée par les soins et aux frais de D. Joac. Maria de Ferrer, ancien président des Cortès. C'est un livre de simple curiosité, car il faut convenir que la lecture en est extrêmement pénible"] Rius [Bibliografía crítica de las obras de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, 79].
provenance: Bookplate Orcas Berroren.
Price : 600 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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