Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Don Quixote

Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1914. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. 712pp. 760pp. Half vellum over gold-stamped paper-covered boards with gold decorated spine. Top edge gilt. Minor age wear and scuffing on binding, staining on spines. Slight age toning to outer edges of interior pages. Delightful German publication from 1914 of the famous tale of Don Quixote, the idealistic knight and his squire Sancho Panza, who set out to right the wrongs of the world. Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) was a Spanish author, dramatist and poet. He wrote part I of Don Quixote de la Mancha in 1605, and completed part II in 1615. 4 page advertisement pamphlet of Insel-Verlag laid in. One of the works announced in the pamphlet is the anti-Semitic book Der ewige Jude by August Vermeylen. Pulling to fore-edge of pamphlet. Translated from the Spanish by Konrad Thorer. Introduction by Felix Poppenberg. Text in German, Gothic script. Tight copies in very good condition. vg. Item #21297

Price: $125.00

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