Publisher's Synopsis
Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading romances of chivalry that he determines to become a knight errant and pursue bold adventures, accompanied by his squire, the cunning Sancho Panza. As they roam the world together, the aging Quixote's fancy leads them wildly astray, tilting at windmills, fighting with friars, and distorting the rural Spanish landscape into a fantasy of impenetrable fortresses and wicked sorcerers. At the same time the relationship between the two men grows in fascinating subtlety. Often considered to be the first modern novel, Don Quixote is a wonderful burlesque of the popular literature its disordered protagonist is obsessed with.
 
The Franklin Library; 1976. First edition, first printing. A Limited Edition. 'The 100 Greatest Books of All Time'. Full brown leather binding with gold lettering and stampings on the spine and covers. Small indentation in leather to middle front. Beige silk Moire end papers. Attached silk ribbon marker. With the illustrations of Gustave Dore. More photographs on request. Slightly musty smell due to previous storage but in near fine condition. Preowned. No ISBN.