The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha [Complete in Four Volumes]

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De [translated by Charles Jarvis]

Published by William Miller, London, 1801

About this Item

Illustrated edition of 'Don Quixote' translated by the Irish author and translator, Charles Jervas. The translator's name was famously misprinted as 'Jarvis', meaning his translation of the classic story, which was still being printed over 200 years after the initial publication, is still referred to as the 'Jarvis edition'. Twenty illustrations including portrait frontispiece and a folding map. Missing one leaf in Volume I which contained the direction to the printer for the placement of the prints, missing one illustration; cxlvi, 372; x, 412; xvi, 392; xi, 440 [viii], 7 page publisher's catalogue at the rear. Bound in half red leather with marbled-papered-covered boards, marbled-paper endpapers. Octavo. Wear to leather particularly at hinges, slight splitting at top, corners bumped, wear to boards, occasional tears to some margins, not affecting text, lightly foxed, former owner's signature in neat blue ink to ffeps, a couple of marks to pages but generally clean and bright with clear text, bindings firm and square.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha [Complete in Four Volumes]
• Publisher: William Miller, London
• Publication Date: 1801
• Binding: Hardcover
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