1845 Histoire de Don Quichotte de la Manche

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Illustrated, Leather Binding

French. Complete in two volumes, bound into one. A new edition, reviewed and corrected by M. L'Abbe Lejeune. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates to each volume, for a total of six plates. Collated complete. A Spanish novel originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, considered a founding work of Western literature and often said to be the first modern novel. The plot revolves around the adventures of a member of the lowest nobility, a hidalgo from La Mancha named Alonso Quijano, who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his mind and decides to become a knight-errant to revive chivalry. Written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists.