"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"

Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616)

Don Quixote

New York: The Modern Library Publishers, (1930). First Modern Library Edition. Cloth over thin boards. Sixteenmo. xxiv, 936 pages.

A beautiful edition of the work which is widely regarded as the first modern novel. A pinnacle of world literature, on par with the work of Shakespeare--with whom Cervantes was a contemporary.

This is Ozell's revision of the translation of Peter Motteux. Introduction by Herschel Brickell.

Ref. TOLEDANO p. 36; ANDES p. 40.

Very good in a very good dust jacket. Slight fading to cloth edges, mild spine crease. Jacket has some light general soil, a hint of fading, and a few edge chips. Attractive copy in the uncommon dust jacket.

Item #1815

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