Three Exemplary Novels Tapa dura - 1950

New York: Viking, 1950. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Luis Quintanilla. Octavo. 232 pages, two-tone cloths; dj lightly edgeworn. Like everything by Cervantes, this is a classic. Illustrated with 24 drawings by Luis Quintanilla. "Upon the completion of his great translation of DON QUIXOTE, Samuel Putnam, shortly before his death i March 1950, proceeded to translate three of Cervantes' NOVELAS EJEMPLARES, which are presented for the first time in this volume. The introductory material consists of passages from his unpublished essay on Cervantes and all of his prefatory remarks on these stories." - Publisher's Note. With extensive Notes on his translation appended at the end. Putnam was the Pandia Calogeras prize in 1947, the first time that important Brazilian literary prize was awarded to an American.