Sale 2683 - Lot 76
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Sale 2683 - Lot 76
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616)
Exemplarie Novells; in Sixe Books.
London: Printed by John Dawson for R.M., to be sold by Laurence Blaicklocke, 1640.
First edition, translated by James Mabbe, folio, lacking final blank; bound in modern calf, antique style; 18th century signature of John William Chelcott of Cornwall crossed out on title page; purchased by the current owner from Seven Gables in 1972; contents not washed; the Brent Gration-Maxfield copy, with his signature and extensive notes in pencil on front pastedown and flyleaf, and gilt-tooled ex libris inside the turn-in; 10 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.
STC 4914; Wither to Prior 531; Rius 925; rare at auction.
From the Ken Rapoport Collection.
Exemplarie Novells; in Sixe Books.
London: Printed by John Dawson for R.M., to be sold by Laurence Blaicklocke, 1640.
First edition, translated by James Mabbe, folio, lacking final blank; bound in modern calf, antique style; 18th century signature of John William Chelcott of Cornwall crossed out on title page; purchased by the current owner from Seven Gables in 1972; contents not washed; the Brent Gration-Maxfield copy, with his signature and extensive notes in pencil on front pastedown and flyleaf, and gilt-tooled ex libris inside the turn-in; 10 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.
STC 4914; Wither to Prior 531; Rius 925; rare at auction.
From the Ken Rapoport Collection.