The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Four volumes complete.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Charles Jarvis

Published by London: William Miller, 1801

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Medium8vo, engraved frontispiece, cxlv, 371; ix, 412; xvi, 391; xii, 440, [viii - Miller Catalogue], [1 - Errata] p. Folding map, 19 guarded engraved plates complete plus the frontispiece and map. Contemporary brown full tree calf, gilt design around all boards, gilt lettered on red lettering pieces, marbled endpapers. Lacks the Vol. IV lettering pieces, some erosion of the calf at the tail of the joints, chipping to the head and tail of the Vol. I backstrip otherwise a set with near fine contents, all four half-titles present and armorial bookplates of William Horatio Crawford, Lakelands Cork on the front pastedowns. Crawford was the son of William Crawford who founded the brewing firm Beamish and Crawford alongside his friend William Beamish, and also established the Cork School of Art. William Horatio was famous for collecting fine books. The title continues: Translated from the original Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, by Charles Jarvis, esq. Now carefully revised and corrected: with a new translation of the Spanish poetry. To which is prefixed a copious and new life of Cervantes; including a critique on the Quixote; also a chronological plan of the work.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Four volumes complete.
• Publisher: London: William Miller
• Publication Date: 1801
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good