CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). Don Quixote. - Lot 105

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). Don Quixote. With 53 full-page illustrations by Gustave Doré. No place, Niloe, 1971. Large 8vo. Publisher’s full yellow leather binding, with an illustrated dust jacket. A Swedish edition of Miguel de Cervantes’ immortal masterpiece, enriched with 53 full-page illustrations by Gustave Doré, whose compositions have greatly contributed to shaping the universal iconography of Don Quixote and his faithful squire Sancho Panza. Published in the early 17th century, *Don Quixote* is considered one of the foundational works of the modern novel. Through the adventures of the knight-errant who sets out to defend a heroic ideal in a world that no longer understands him, Cervantes crafts a work of inexhaustible richness that blends satire, humor, melancholy, and reflection on human illusions. The illustrations by Gustave Doré, reproduced in this volume, rank among the most famous in the entire history of the illustrated book. Their evocative power, sense of movement, and dramatic poetry have permanently cemented the image of the knight with the sad face in the collective imagination. A copy in its original publisher’s full yellow leather binding, preserved in its original illustrated dust jacket. Some signs of use and slight wear on the dust jacket. Interior is fresh and well-preserved. A beautiful illustrated edition of one of the greatest works of world literature, sought after for Gustave Doré’s famous illustrations, which remain one of the most accomplished visual interpretations of Cervantes’ novel.