CERVANTÈS (Miguel de). - Lot 50

CERVANTÈS (Miguel de). - History of the admirable Don Quixote de la Mancha (6 vol.). -- Nouvelles (2 vol.). Amsterdam and Leipzig: Arkstée and Merkus, 1768. Together 8 volumes in-12, green morocco, gilt filets and fine serrated roulette framing the boards, ornate smooth spines, morocco title-pieces, gilt edges (period binding). "New edition. Augmentée de trois Nouvelles qui n'avoient pas été traduites en François, & de la Vie de l'Auteur". One portrait (at the head of vol. VII), eight title finials and 44 figures engraved in intaglio by FOLKEMA & FOKKE, after COHN-BENDIT. FOKKE, after COYPEL (31 + 13), including a title-frontispiece. Two or three corners dulled; a few quires unstuck, but a fine copy in contemporary green leather. Cohen, 217 (who notes that the first six volumes are often joined by the other two).