CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). Novelas exemplares. Pamplona: Nicolas de Assiayn, 1617. 8° (140 x 90mm). Woodcut initials. With final colophon leaf. (Q8 with closed tear through text, more minor repairs to E1 and H1, residual browning and soiling.) Red morocco by Brugalla, 1938, gilt supralibros, gilt lettering, turn-ins and edges (tightly sewn). Provenance: purchased from Librería Babra, 1937.
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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). Novelas exemplares. Pamplona: Nicolas de Assiayn, 1617. 8° (140 x 90mm). Woodcut initials. With final colophon leaf. (Q8 with closed tear through text, more minor repairs to E1 and H1, residual browning and soiling.) Red morocco by Brugalla, 1938, gilt supralibros, gilt lettering, turn-ins and edges (tightly sewn). Provenance: purchased from Librería Babra, 1937.

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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). Novelas exemplares. Pamplona: Nicolas de Assiayn, 1617. 8° (140 x 90mm). Woodcut initials. With final colophon leaf. (Q8 with closed tear through text, more minor repairs to E1 and H1, residual browning and soiling.) Red morocco by Brugalla, 1938, gilt supralibros, gilt lettering, turn-ins and edges (tightly sewn). Provenance: purchased from Librería Babra, 1937.

Eighth edition listed by Palau, following first publication of the Novelas in 1613. In Palau's view, this was the work which brought Cervantes the most fame as an author after Don Quixote. Goldsmith C-475; Palau III, 53406.