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Published by Brussels: Rutger Velpius and Hubert Anthoine; Hubert Anthoine, 1611 & 1616, 1616
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
An exceptional ensemble of lifetime editions, pairing the second printing of the second part (published only months after the first), with an early edition of the first part, with text corrections, published six years after the first. The first part was originally published in Madrid by Juan de la Cuesta in 1605; the second part was first published by Cuesta in 1615, the year before Cervantes's death. The first complete edition of Don Quixote, combining both parts with the same date, did not appear until 1617, in Barcelona. The first part here is the second Brussels edition, succeeding the first of 1607. It was published by Rutger Velpius, official printer to the court in Brussels, and his son-in-law Hubert Anthoine, who worked together from 1601 onwards. Based on the second Cuesta edition, it corrected several obvious errors in the text, although, astonishingly, only two of those corrections found their way into the third Cuesta edition of 1608. Velpius died around 1614-15, leaving Hubert Anthoine to succeed him. Anthoine's edition of the second part was published only a few months after the princeps by Cuesta and follows it closely. Brussels was a natural locus for publication of Don Quixote in northern Europe, as it was then under Hapsburg suzerainty as one of the capitals of the Spanish Netherlands. Don Quixote is a landmark of Western literature and one of the most-translated books in the world. "It was the variety, the liveliness, and the gibes at the famous, which won it instant fame. Within months Don Quixote and Sancho Panza had become legendary. Don Quixote is one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times, and there are very few who have not at one time or another felt themselves to be Don Quixote confronting the windmills of Sancho Panza at the inn" (PMM). Salva 1551 & 1553; Ruis 10 & 13; see Printing and the Mind of Man 111 (first ed. Madrid 1605). 2 separately published parts, octavo (vol. I, 163 x 103 mm; vol. II, 163 x 93 mm). Early 18th-century calf, decorated in similar style but not exactly matching, both with raised bands with elaborate gilt tooling in compartments, twin red morocco labels added sometime later (one since renewed), covers of vol. II bordered with a single gilt rule and board edges gilt, vol. II with French curl pattern marbled endpapers, edges sprinkled red. Housed in a dark brown quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Woodcut historiated and floriated initials, head- and tailpieces. Title page of vol. I with bookplate of the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris, and ownership inscription " " ("De Jin"), probably the French orientalist Joseph de Guignes (1721-1800); the pair latterly in the extensive library of Andre Gutzwiller (fl. 1958-1994), Swiss banker and bibliophile, with his bookplate to front pastedowns. Frequent annotations in French in ink, pencil, and red crayon (different hands) to both volumes. Bindings square and firm, joints of both volumes and two corners of vol. I skilfully repaired, a little loss of calf to edge of rear board of vol. I, title pages laid down on a later sheet, vol. I with closed tear to margin of three leaves and one margin with crude early repair (loss of initial letter on 11 lines), four small ink burns with loss of a few letters, occasional marks to contents, otherwise generally clean. An attractive set.
Published by Roger Velpius, 1607
Seller: Sokol Books Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 8vo., pp (xxiv), 592 (viii). Roman letter, floreated woodcut initials, typographical headpieces and other ornaments. Light age yellowing, t-p margins dusty and small repair to one blank outer corner. A few little ink spots and finger marks, upper margin cut a bit close but well clear of text, a remarkably good, clean, completely original copy in handsome contemporary English calf, covers triple ruled in blind, raised bands, spine ruled and diagonally patterned at head and tail, later C17 red morocco label gilt, all edges blue, stubbs from a large, elegantly printed C16 Greek edition of Aristotle s De Anima. Book III. Elegant bookpile bookplate of Arthur Charlett (1655-1722) with his monogram on front pastedown, that of Jean Peeters-Fontainas (1891-1975), 1933 on fly, early shelfmark E.5.7. on verso, pencil record of 1933 sale in Hodgson s rooms on rear free e.p, old Quaritch collated + complete above, label of Ellis bookdealers of 29 New Bond street on rear pastedown. In folding box. An outstanding English copy of one of the earliest editions of Don Quixote (first 1605) according to Ruis the best to date and the seventh overall. Most importantly, it was the first printed outside the Iberian peninsula, the edition that introduced the text to the non-Spanish world, and in particular to the readers of Northern Europe, who absolutely loved it. Often described as the first modern novel, copies were thoroughly read and examples in fine contemporary condition are rare. This copy was in England very soon after publication, the binding dates from the early years of the C17. Before the end of that century it was in the library of Arthur Charlett, Royal Chaplain, Master of University College Oxford, owner of a very extensive library - how many novels I wonder? He is probably responsible for the spine label and certainly the first bookpile bookplate in England (cf. David Pearson) which he commissioned in 1698 from Samuel Peyps. After his death, intestate his books were sold at auction and widely dispersed. The next identifiable private owner, Jean Peeters-Fontainas was the pre-eminent bibliographer of the Spanish imprints of the Low Countries, then part of the Spanish Empire. Apart from vastly expanding Don Quixote s readership, Velpius also materially corrected and improved the text which is based on Cuesta s second edition (Madrid, 1605), but now shorn of its many errors and imperfections both of printing and in the text itself. As Alan Thomas used to remark, if you did not know who Cervantes was you would not be reading this, but the learned editors of Printing and the Mind of Man put it so well that it bears repetition: What had begun as a simple satire broadened into a sweeping panorama of Spanish society; and it was this, the variety the liveliness, and the gibes at the famous, which won it instant fame. Its larger claims, the subdued pathos, its unusual humanity, were slower to be appreciated. But within months, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza had become legendary Don Quixote is one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times, and there are very few who have not at one time or another felt themselves to be Don Quixote confronting the windmills or Sancho Panza at the inn . Printing and the Mind of Man 111 on the first edition. Bloom described Don Quixote as to Spanish literature what Shakespeare is to English , these two great giants died on 23rd April 1616, the same day. Peeters-Fontainas 225 (this copy). Rius 7 En calidad del papel, finura de tipos y esmero de impresión, es superior esta edicion á las anteriores . Palau III 51981.
Seller: Sokol Books Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST COMPLETE NOVEL IN ENGLISH London, Printed for Edward Blounte, 1620?, 1620. FIRST COMPLETE EDITION IN ENGLISH, FIRST EDITION of II. 2 vols. I: pp. [12], 572, [4]; II: [2], [16], 504, lacking final blank. Roman letter, little Italic. Engraved titles with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza on horseback, woodcut vignette to second title, decorated initials and ornaments. Textblock trimmed close at head, occasionally touching typographical ruling, or running title of vol.II, engraved titles and last versos dusty, upper outer corner of P7 (II) torn, affecting two letters, small light water stain to lower outer blank corner of last two ll. (II), the odd minor marginal spot or mark. Very good, fresh and clean copies in modern limp vellum antique by B. Middleton, silk ties, a.e.r., early shelfmark labels preserved at foot of spines, bookplates of Kenneth Rapoport and Michael Curtis Phillips. In folding box. The first complete edition in English, and the first English edition of Part II, of this ground-breaking literary work - the first modern European novel, rarely found complete, as a uniform set. Attributed to Renold Elstrack, the engraved frontispiece, which reprised the title vignette of the first 1618 French edition, was the illustration of Don Quixote and Sancho to appear in print. Don Quixote is one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times, and there are very few who have not at one time or another felt themselves to be Don Quixote confronting the windmills or Sancho Panza at the inn (PMM 111). The epic novel tells the deeds of the minor aristocrat Alonso Quijano, so keen a reader of medieval chivalric romances that he loses his mind (or pretends to), and becomes absorbed in an imaginary world of knightly adventures. After assuming the name Don Quixote , as a knight-errant, he travels with his witty squire Sancho Panza (a local farmer), facing comic situations he interprets as heroic, including the famous, symbolic and now proverbial fight against windmills. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) led a picaresque life. Having written a handful of plays, he published Part I of Don Quixote in 1605, followed by Part II in 1615. It was first translated from Castilian into English the first translation into any language - by the Irish Catholic Thomas Shelton (fl.1604-20) in 1612, using the text of the 1607 edition, printed in Brussels, where Shelton taught Spanish. The c.1620 Part I is a reprint of Shelton s text. Previously attributed to Shelton and probably based on the 1615 edition, Part II is now considered to be the work of the Hispanist Leonard Digges (1588-1635). Digges was among the authors of dedicatory poems prefacing Shakespeare s First Folio, also published by Edward Blount. The English translation of Quixote greatly influenced the language and ideas of English playwrights and poets, including Shakespeare and Jonson. Not merely once but on a variety of occasions the C17 English writers [influenced by Quixote ] reflect and actually participate in the sheer fun of the work by playing with the protagonist s name. They invent the adjectives Quixoticall (1642), Quixot-like (1664) [ ]; the past participle Don quixoted (1658) [ ]; and the nouns Don Quichoterie (1659), Quixotry (1665) [ ]. In short, both the nature and the contagious fun of the character [ ] were actually adapted, incorporated, and made manifest in fresh English words (Randall, pp.xxxvi-xxxvii). I: STC (2nd ed.), 4917; Pforzheimer, 140; ESTC S107641; PMM 111 (first Spanish ed.). II: STC (2nd ed.), 4917; Pforzheimer, 140; ESTC S107642; PMM 111 (first Spanish ed.). M. Cervantes de Saavedra, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, vol. III (1896); D. Randall, Cervantes in seventeenth-century England (2009).
Published by Roger Velpius, 1607
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
woodcut initials and ornaments, paper-flaw at lower outer corner of L2 (no loss to text), a bit of ink staining on R4r, occasional light browning, a few mild damp-stains in the margins, ?wax stain on front fly-leaf affecting the title-page slightly, pp. [xxiv], 592, [8], 8vo, contemporary calf, double gilt fillets on sides, arms (unidentified: Franco-Belgian?) blocked in gilt to both covers, that on the upper cover with a little loss of gilt, that on the lower good and bright, flat spine with a border of double gilt fillets, headcaps defective, cracking to joints, rear endpapers sometime renewed (not, apparently, very recently) preserved in a fine red morocco backed folding box by Trevor Lloyd. Rare, especially in commerce. A complete copy in a fine contemporary binding of the first Brussels (first extra-Iberian) edition of the novel "which is to Spanish literature what Shakespeare is to English" (Bloom). Ruiz notes that this edition was the most finely printed of the early versions to date. Don Quixote won immediate fame when first printed in 1605 for its "variety, liveliness, and gibes at the famous. "Its subdued pathos and universal humanity have assured it a place as "one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times" (PMM). It quickly went through numerous editions,and translations. This edition is the seventh overall - all early editions are rare. Velpius's edition, which introduced the text to Northern Europe, is based on Cuesta's second of 1605, with many misprints and other textual infelicities corrected, and itself 'corregido con cuidado' (Palau). RBH and ABPC record only 3 other copies at auction in the last 30 years. In Maggs's 1927 catalogue a copy in a Zaehnsdorf binding (with the second part) was priced £52 10s. The second part, which Cervantes wrote in response to spurious sequels, appeared 10 years later. The arms feature as 'unidentified' at the end of vol. 15 of 'Manuel de l'Amateur de Reliures Armoriées Françaises' (with thanks to Dr Sara Trevisan pointing us there). (CCPB000042471-4; Palau 51981; Ruiz 7; USTC 5039050; cf. PMM 111).
Published by Madrid: Don Joaquin Ibarra, Impresor de Cámera de S. M. y de la Real Academia, 1780, 1780
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First printing of the celebrated Ibarra edition. Printed for La Real Academia Española (the Spanish Royal Academy) by Joaquín Ibarra y Marín, this edition was intended to be a supreme example of Spanish craftsmanship lavished on the nation's greatest literary work. This edition excels in beauty of type, design, paper, illustration and printing, as well as incorporating a carefully edited and corrected text. The illustrations and delightful ornaments were designed by the best Spanish artists of the day, the paper was milled expressly for this edition, and the type was specially cut. It contains the first map depicting the route taken by Don Quixote and Sancho Panza through Spain. The edition's fame among bibliophiles was thoroughly established throughout Europe within a few years. Cohen-De Ricci 218-19; Palau 52024; Updike II, 73-75. 4 volumes, quarto (302 x 222 mm). Contemporary Spanish green mottled calf, twin red morocco labels, gilt floral decoration to compartments, inset brown calf lozenge to covers with gilt borders, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. 4 engraved title pages, portrait of Cervantes, and 31 plates after Carnicero, Barranco, Brunette, Del Castillo, Ferro and Gil, engraved by Ballester, Barcelon, Fabregat, Gil, Mol, Muntaner, Salvador y Carmona and Selam, engraved map, engraved ornamental initials and head- and tailpieces. Lower margin of frontispiece of vol. I sometime renewed (not affecting image). Expert restoration to joints and extremities, inset calf repair to covers, light damp discolouration to endpapers, some foxing to contents, a few faint running peripheral minor stains, more substantial staining at end of vol. IV. A very good copy in a handsome contemporary Spanish binding.
Published by "In Milan, por el Heredero de Pedromartir Locarni y Juan Bautista Bidello", 1610
Seller: Mayfair Rare Books & Manuscripts Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. "8vo (the leaf 147x95 mm), 18th brown calf binding, spine with raised bands, fully gilt in compartments, with title in gold on red morocco label, red edges. The upper corner of first 4 leaves spotted, with the upper corner of the title-leaf repaired (some letters of title supplied by pen), some other small spots and marginal stains till pp. 70, for else a good copy. Woodcut device on title-page, pp. (32 nn.), pp. numb. 722. First edition published in Italy of this work, which established the genre novel in western literature history, still nowadays one of greatest novels of world literature, released while Cervantes was still alive. The text is based on the second revised edition of Cuesta (Madrid 1605); for the first time, the editor changed Cervantes's original dedication to the Duque de Bejar for that of Vizconde Vitaliano. The second part was not published until 1615, and the first Italian translation appeared in 1622. PMM 111 for the 1605 1st edition; Brunet 1748; Palau 51983; Ford-Lansing, p. 5; Salvà, n. 1550.".
Published by London, 1742
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. First Edition. The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish of Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra. By Charles Jarvis, Esq; In Two Volumes. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand, and R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1742. First Edition of the English translation of Don Quixote by Charles Jervas (1675-1739), published posthumously in 1742 and, due to a printer's error, known as the "Jarvis translation." Two large quarto volumes. xxiii, [1, blank], [8], [xxv]-xxxii, vi, [2], 90, [12], 355, [1, blank]; xii, 388 pages. "The Life" with separate title page dated 1738, Engraved frontispiece portrait of Cervantes by George Vertue after William Kent (signed: G. Kent) and 68 engraved plates by G. Vander Gucht after J. Vanderbank, with the portrait of Cervantes by George Virtue after Richard Kent. This copy with the rare "A Supplement to the Translator's Preface," more commonly known as "A Dissertation on the Origin of Books of Chivalry," by William Warburton bound after "The Translator's Preface" in Volume I. Copies with this Supplement are noted elsewhere as being "Second Issue". Contemporary calf gilt with red morocco spine labels titled in gilt. Former owner's neat, book-plate to each volume. Entirely original with no repair or restoration. Reasonably strong hinges given the age of these 2 volumes. General shelf wear, infrequent spotting, offsetting from engravings, but overall about VG. "Undoubtedly one of the noblest sets of engravings ever executed for Don Quixote" (Ashbee 39). The author and painter's most ambitious literary undertaking, this translation of was published posthumously in 1742 is frequently reprinted, and "generally acknowledged as being close in spirit to the original." (ODNB). Photographs/scans available upon request.
Published by London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, and R. Dodsley., 1742
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First edition of the Jervas translation. Two volumes. Contemporary mottled calf, five raised bands, gilt decorated compartments, titles in gilt to the spine. Bound with: 'The life of Michael de Cervantes Saavedra. Written by Don Gregorio Mayáns and Sisár' (the first English translation 1738); 'A supplement to the translator's preface' more commonly know as 'A dissertation on the origin of books of chivalry' by William Warburton; 'Advertisment concerning the Prints' by John Oldfield. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 67 copper plates engraved by Gerard van der Gucht from drawings by John Vanderbank and an additional frontispiece engraved by George Virtue after a drawing by G. Kent. Decorative head and tail pieces and initial letters. The bindings are square and firm with minor surface wear to the boards and corners. The original spines laid down and refurbished at the joints and tips. The contents, with near paper strengthening to the inner hinge of volume I, light browning to the margins and a short closed tear to the fore-edge of one plate, are otherwise in good order throughout. An attractive example of the first edition of this esteemed translation. Jervas (1675-1739), consistently misspelled on editions of his translation as 'Jarvis', was a portrait painter and translator. "Jervas entered the literary circle of Addison, Pope, and Swift, setting up his home and studio in London in Cleveland Court, Westminster. He was hailed by Richard Steele in The Tatler of 16 April 1709 a 'the last great painter Italy has sent to us'. As well as literary friends, Jervas also had an influential patron in the prime minister Sir Robert Walpole. Jervas played an important role in acquiring works of art for Walpole's ever expanding collection, as well as contributing his own portraits. His major literary undertaking was an English translation of Cervantes' Don Quixote. Published posthumously in 1742 and frequently reprinted, it is generally acknowledged as being close in spirit to the original" ODNB. (ESTC T59882; ESTC T98502) Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
London: John Thomas, 1840. Three volumes in Royal 8vo, bound at the time by Tout in Spanish marbled green calf with raised bands, richly decorated in gilt, inner dentelles gilt, green and gold marbled endpapers, top edge gilt; a remarkably illustrated edition in a stunning binding by one of the 19th century London master-binders. Highly illustrated By Tony Johannot and translated by Charles Jarvis (first published in 1742), this is one of the outstanding English editions of Don Quixote. Tony Johannot was born in Germany of Huguenot descent and provided publishers with sought-after illustrations in the mid-19th century. Charles Jarvis (1675 - 1738) was an Irish portrait painter and translator. In London he moved in the highest literary circles, which included Alexander Pope, Horace Walpole, Addison, Pope and Swift.
Published by Peter Motteux. Printed for Sam Buckley at the Dolphin in Little Britain London, 1712
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
Third edition, in this translation. In four volumes. 16 folding plates. vi, [x], 323; [8], 327-632; [10], 635- 953; [8], 955-1322pp. Text complete. Bound in contemporary panelled brown calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked in matching brown speckled calf, raised bands, contrasting labels. Top half inch of title page removed and professionally repaired. Small portion at head of epistle dedicatory first page missing to vol. III, only top part of heading text missing to reverse. Pages occasionally stained but only lightly. A couple of neat 18th and early 19th century ownership inscriptions to vol. I. A remarkably clean and sound set of this scarce early translation with delightful folding illustrations, some of the outer edges of these sl. worn. Please contact us for more information or photographs. There is a mixed set of the first and third editions in the British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books but this set is imperfect as wanting the illustrations. They have a complete set of this edition but no second or complete first edition.
Published by Brussels, Juan Mommarte, Brussels, 1662
Leather. Condition: Good. First illustrated edition in Spanish. Volume 2 only. Book measures 18.5x11.5.cm. Collation. engraved frontis, [14],649,[7]pp, 8 engraved plates. Some erratic page numbering, signatures complete. Bound in leather. Binding heavily worn, with loss. Internally, some moderate tanning throughout, heavier in places, about 20 leaves have some age perishing holes, with loss of text, occasional single worm holes, mainly to margins. Generally pages and plates in good condition. A good copy. Size: 8vo.
Published by J. and R. Tonson and R. Dodsley, 1742
Seller: Berrishill Books, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition of the Jervas translation. Two volume set. Contemporary mottled calf, five raised bands, gilt decorated compartments, titles in gilt to the spine. Bound with: 'The life of Michael de Cervantes Saavedra. Written by Don Gregorio Mayáns and Sisár' (the first English translation 1738); 'A supplement to the translator's preface' more commonly know as 'A dissertation on the origin of books of chivalry' by William Warburton; 'Advertisment concerning the Prints' by John Oldfield. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 67 copper plates engraved by Gerard van der Gucht from drawings by John Vanderbank and an additional frontispiece engraved by George Virtue after a drawing by G. Kent. Entirely original with no repairs or restoration, hinges fairly strong given the age of these two volumes. Pages and engravings notably clean and bright, very few signs of foxing or handling marks. A Very Good set. More photographs can be supplied on request. We are always interested in buying books by J R R Tolkien, C S Lewis and Lewis Carroll, from individual titles to complete collections.
Published by R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, R. Chiswell/Richard Hogkinson, London. 1675, 1672., 1675
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Third edition. The first part was originally published in 1612 and the second in 1620; reprinted in 1652. Folio. pp [viii], 137, [v], 273. Full leather with what appears to be a nineteenth-century rebacking of eighteenth-century boards, raised bands lettered in gilt. Endpapers renewed. Thomas Shelton's translation is not only the first in English but also the first into any language. The first part, translated from the Brussels edition of 1607, appeared when Cervantes was still alive. There has been some speculation that Shelton may have known Cervantes but this is impossible to prove. Shelton's translation was until Motteux's translation of 1700 the most popular and still has its admirers, among them Samuel Putnam who produced one of the best translations of recent times.Two early ownership signatures on the title-page one of which has been rubbed away with some light damage to the paper. With the finely engraved bookplate on the front pastedown of Allan Heywood Bright (1862-1941) who was a Liberal politician, author of several books on Middle English literature and a great bibliophile. Tipped onto the front free endpaper is a short essay, presumably in his hand, "Don Quixote revived in the person of Ignatius Loyola".Covers rubbed. Some spotting to prelims and last pages. Very good.
Published by London: Bernard Quaritch, 1888
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1888, Numbered Limited Edition of 250. Five volumes in a unique designer morocco brown leather binding, with gilt titles to Vol II, III and IV, raised and blind decoration to the spines, creating a lozenge across the five volumes. Marbled paper covered boards, new endpapers. Number 150 of 250 copies published limited edition. Foxing and browning to the pages. Vol I xvi, 337pp. Vol II viii, 376pp. Vol III x, 434pp. Vol IV xx, 443pp. Vol V xii, 437pp. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 8 ¾ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition morocco leather spines, with gilt titles to Vol II, III and IV, raised leather and blind decoration to the spine. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition sharp. Boards very good condition marbled paper covered boards. Page edges good condition top edge tanned others clean. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound. Paste downs very good condition new. End papers very good condition new end papers. Title good condition tanned and foxed. Pages good condition tanned with marks and foxing. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1888 Binding: Hardback.
Published by Leipzig Insel Verlag, 1908
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book
Limited Edition 95 of 100 copies. 11.5 x 18.5 cm red morocco with gilt stamped titles and decoration to the spine. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut with a double page decorative title page in blue and black to the Volume I pp [I] XV 498[2] and single page decorative titles to Volumes II, pp [II] 573[3] and III pp[II] 282[2]. The spine and decorative title pages were designed by Cark Czeschka. A beautiful limited edition set with just a couple of light scratches to the cover of Volume I and a little pushing to the bottom corners of the lower boards of Volumes I and III. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate, just the occasional very light handling mark and a small Zurich bookseller label on the rear pastedown of volume 1. The green ribbon book marks are a touch frayed at the bottom and the uncut edges are remarkably clean. A lovely set. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Published by LondonPrinted for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand and R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall ., 1756
Seller: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Book Signed
2 vols. Large 4to. (29.5 x 22.5 cm). pp.xxxii+[2]+372; xii+398. Later calf spine over marbled boards, spines with gilt-ruled raised bands, gilt decorated compartments, and gilt lettering, sprinkled edges dyed yellow. 69 copper-engraved plates comprising a portrait of Cervantes by George Vertue as frontispiece to "The Life of Cervantes" and 68 numbered plates mostly most by Gerard van der Gucht after John Vanderbank. "Undoubtedly one of the noblest sets of engravings ever executed for Don Quixote" (Ashbee 39). Light rubbing to binding, some light toning and occasional light spotting, generally an excellent set. Jarvis's "major literary undertaking was an English translation of Cervantes' Don Quixote. Published posthumously first in 1742 and frequently reprinted, it is generally acknowledged as being close in spirit to the original" (ODNB). The superb engravings are mostly signed by John Vanderbank (1694-1739), painter and draughtsman. They were first used in the 1738 quarto edition of Don Quixote issued by the Tonsons in the original Spanish.
Published by T. Fisher and Unwin, London, 1906
Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Daniel Vierge (illustrator). A scarce limited edition of Miguel De Cervantes' immensely popular novel, 'Don Quixote,' illustrated throughout by Daniel Vierge. In a charming Zaehnsdorf fine binding. Miguel de Cervantes' masterpieceDon Quixote, translated by Thomas Shelton. With an introduction by Royal Cortissoz. This edition was limited to one hundred and sixty five copies published by T. Unwin for sale in Great Britain, this is number one hundred and three printed on deckel-edged paper. Ten copies were printed on imperial Japan paper.An important novel in the Western literature, it is regarded as the first modern novel; following the adventures of fearless noble from La Mancha named Alonso Quixano, who enjoys reading many chivalric romances and slowly loses his mind and wants to become a knight-errant.This edition is embellished with numerous lovely illustrations by Daniel Vierge, French illustrator who revolutionised the reproduction of illustrations. Collated, complete. Grangerised with thirty three charming Lalauze plates.Bound in an exquisite Zaehnsdorf leather binding for E. P. Dutton and Company, and American book publishing company.From the library of American banker Albert H. Wiggin. In a charming Zaehnsdorf cobalt levant binding, with the spine of volume I and IV re-backed and laid down. The joints of volumes II and III are slightly cracked. Five raised bands, gilt to the spine and edges, with new marbled endpapers. Externally very smart with some shelf wear and rubbing to the spine as well as some minor chipping to the head of volume III. From the library of Albert H. Wiggin, with his bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. With a bookplate to the front free endpaper also, ex-libris. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with only the minor odd spot to the odd leaf and a hint of age toning, as usual. The occasional leaves are unopened. Richly illustrated by Daniel Vierge with numerous illustrations in text throughout. Collated, complete. Grangerised with thirty three charming Lalauze plates. Very Good Indeed. book.
London, Cadell and Davies, 1818. Four volumes 8vo. Contemporary full calf, spines with raised bands, decorated and lettered in gilt, boards ruled in gilt, decorated in blind, edges of boards and inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt; all half-titles present; steel-engraved plates and headpieces, front joints expertly fixed, occasional light spotting, overall a very attractive set from the the library of the British Prime Minister Anthony Eden with his engraved armorial bookplate inside front covers. First edition with these plates, and newly translated by the artist's daughter Mary Smirke, herself an artist, a well-regarded landscape painter. 'In May 1810, the artist Joseph Farington approached the publishers Thomas Cadell & William Davies with a suggestion from his friend Robert Smirke that a new translation of Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quixote be published with illustrations engraved from Smirke's paintings of significant moments in the story. Farington and Smirke had worked together on several of these paintings in the late 1790s and early 1800s, Smirke taking care of the figures, while Farington focused on the landscape, in particular trees, which were his speciality. The publishers approved of the idea and a translation was begun soon after. This was made by Robert Smirke's daughter, Mary Smirke, and Farington reported regularly in his diary on her progress. Smirke worked from previously published translations of the novel, in particular that of Charles Jervas (published 1742), to which she made corrections, often removing extra passages that were not present in Cervantesâ s original â ¦ Smirke was paid 200 guineas for the project and on 9 April 1818, Farington recorded in his diary that Cadell had approached her shortly before the book went to press to ask if she would approve of her name appearing on the title page. She refused the offer, with her father instead suggesting that it could follow a dedication, perhaps to the Prince Regent, the future George IV. This idea was seen as acceptable, but rather than dedicating the work to the prince, it was instead dedicated to William Lowther, Earl of Lonsdale' (Royal Collection Trust, online). - This cataloguer failed to establish a witticism connecting Anthony Eden and Don Quixote.
Published by Barcelona. Montaner y Simon. 1880-1883, 1880
Seller: Charles Russell, ABA, ILAB, est 1978, Cirencester, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2 volumes folio 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. HANDSOMELY LEATHER BOUND in a later sumptuous full morocco binding with inner dentelles, silk doublures, extra marbled endpapers and gilt edges. Housed in two slip cases. Bindings by Gullim. lxxii, 567 and ii, 651 pages- ILLUSTRATED WITH 46 COLOUR CHROMOLITHOGRAPH PLATES including a chromo title and a portrait of Cervantes with chromo borders. Wood engravings in the text. Some spotting and previous tissue adhesion to the plates. Text in Spanish, annotated by Nicholas Diaz de Benjumea and illustrations by Ricardo Balaca.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. CERVANTES, M. de. El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijotte de la Mancha [Don Quixote] Mardid, por Juan de la Cuesta, 1605-1615 [Barcelona, 1871]. Large 4to, 2 vols. Facsimile reprint of Cervantes famous literary masterpiece. Printed on fine paper, leaves untrimmed, with deckled edges, some gatherings still uncut. Spines covered in original red morocco gilt. Covers sympathetically restored and recovered in compatible red buckram. Endpapers decorated with floral motives and putti. Ex-libris of Eduard Grisebach on pastedowns. An excellent copy with a very light yellowing and negligible spotting on title-pages.
Published by J Cooke, UK, 1774
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Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. New Edition. New Edition 1774. Translated by Charles Henry Wilmot. Complete with twenty plates as called for. Victorian Period Leather Bindings with new spines. Books are very good and bright. Nice strong binding with good hinges. Light marking to boards. Edges quite rubbed i paces. Some corners slightly rounded. Contents quite good. Pages age toned. More images can be taken upon request.Ref16836.
Published by London: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society, 1921-1923, 1923
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
[Private Press Classics] SIX LIMITED EDITION TITLES, collected in fourteen volumes. Octavo (24 x 16 x 65cm). All text in English. Each volume with various engraved illustrations, title pages printed in two colours. Each set strictly limited and printed on fine laid paper. Publisher's cream buckram with gilt titles to spines and gilt decoration to boards. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. All volumes with the uniform plain grey dust-jacket, priced to spine. Some expected off-setting and spotting to text, some bindings with cloth spotted, a few minor tears to jackets but in essence a fine, fresh collection which has survived remarkably well. Housed in two bespoke black cloth slip-cases with double ribbon pulls. A charming presentation of these illustrated literary classics.
Published by London: Harrison and Co., Paternoster Row, 1782-6, 1782
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
[Literature] Four volumes, octavo (21 x 14 x 19). Vignette engraved illustrations to title pages. Engravings to Pamela (XIV plates) and Peruvian Tales (XV plates). Bound in simple red half English calf over marbled sides, five raised bands, simple gilt rule and titles, drab endpapers. Internally clean, some sections proud within 'Arabian Nights', bindings show wear, but are sound; some joints cracked or cracking, spine crease to 'Arabian Nights', endcaps chipped, corners worn. Overall a very good set, in nicely-aged leather.
Published by London: Frederick Warne & Company, 1866, 1866
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Houghton edition. This is a handsomely bound copy of Cervantes's classic, first published in Madrid in 1780. As noted on the title page, the illustrations by A. B. Houghton were "engraved by the brothers Dalziel". Octavo (220 x 160 mm). Finely bound by Bayntun in mid-20th-century red morocco, signed on front turn-in, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt, decorations to compartments, covers with double ruled borders in gilt, silk endpapers, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Frontispiece and numerous black and white engraved illustrations within the text by A. B. Houghton. Spine very slightly faded, but still bright, some minor surface abrasions: a fine copy.
Published by M. Cooper, London, 1747
Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
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Full-Leather. Condition: Good+. Complete Set of 4 Volumes. "Written in Spanish by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Translated by Several Hands. Revis'd Anew from the Best Spanish Edition. To which are added, EXPLANATORY NOTES from Jarvis, Oudin, Sobrino, Pineda, Gregorio and the Royal Academy Dictionary of Madrid." Contemporary Brown Full-Leather Bindings with 5 Raised Bands on spines. Gilt Title on Red Ground in 2nd Compartments and Gilt Vol. Nos in 4th. 7" Tall. Vol. I contains an "Account of the Author" and "The Author's Preface", xxi Pages with Decorative Headers & Tailpieces. Main Text of Vol. I, 276 Pages; Vol. II, 276 Pages; Vol. III, 296 Pages & Vol. IV, 335 Pages. Some edge wear to cover, corners worn. Vols I & II have small pieces of leather missing at bottom of spines. Vol I also has a narrow strip of leather missing from rear cover, adjacent to spine, about 5" long x 1/4" wide and Vol II has a small piece, about 3/4" x 1/2" missing from front cover, near spine. Hinges sound and Text Blocks firm. No inscriptions. Occasional spot or patch of foxing. Upper Margin of Vol II has some damage, possibly due to a cigar having been carelessly placed, affecting pages 135 to 276. It only just clips the title on 3 pages and is confined to the margin on the others. The area burnt away tapers, measuring 1" x 1/4" at worst. Set of 4 Books weighs . Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall.
Seller: Hünersdorff Rare Books ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. A selection of 68 critical editions of Don Quixote by noted scholars including Adolfo Castro y Rossi, José Ortega y Gasset, Salvador de Madariaga, Martín Fernández de Navarrete, James Fitzmaurice Kelly, Francisco A. de Icaza, and Francisco Rodriguez Marín. Details on request.
Published by London: William Paterson & Co, 1892
Seller: Fine Book Cellar Ltd. ABA ILAB PBFA, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Four volumes, published by William Paterson & Co in 1892 and translated from the Spanish by P. A. Motteux. Near contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards with marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. Engraved frontispieces with numerous engraved plates and tissue-guards. Toning to edges with spotting to preliminaries and rear endpapers. Occasional browning. Rubbing to spine ends, hinges and all extremities. Vol 1 lacking frontispiece tissue-guard, but all others are present.
Published by London: Printed for T. M Lean, 1819
Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
4 vols. 23 [only of 24] hand coloured aquatints by J. H. Clark. Light browning, ex.-libris John A. Irving, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, minor wear to boards, sl. loss to corners, blind tooled compartments with gilt tooled raised bands and gilt lettering to sl. rubbed spines. Has 24 hand-colored aquatint illustrations after John Heaviside Clark's drawings. "They are well conceived and executed. The series, which was engraved for colouring, and is generally, but not always, found coloured, is now difficult to procure" (Ashbee). Río y Rico, excessively critic, considers these illustrations as very bad. For Givanel, they are revolutionary, a new and humorous way of understanding Cervantes' novel. In Cushing's copy, the distribution of illustrations by volume (I, 7; II, 5; III, 6; IV, 6) is different to that given by Rico (I, 8; II, 7; III, 5; IV, 4). Cushing Library also has a set of 20 plates of these illustrations (four missing). Five of these illustrations also appeared in Edinburgh: Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1822. Description: It includes the Life of Cervantes by G. Mayans. Cervantes Collection --- Cushing Memorial Library & Archives.With the bookplate by Luke Clennell in the style of Bewick (to whom he was apprenticed) of J. Cresswell in a Bewick landscape style. Originally commissioned by William Nicholson but John Cresswell later erased Nicholsons s name and substituted his own. Lee s British Bookplates, 106. Tattersfield pp.182. US$838.
Published by Circa 1750, 1750
Seller: Charles Russell, ABA, ILAB, est 1978, Cirencester, United Kingdom
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Quarto 13 x 9 1/4 inches bound in nineteenth century cloth with title embossed on the upper board. 31 FINE ENGRAVED PLATES by Charles Coypel and Bernard Picart and others - plates dated to 1745 but could be the Liege edition of 1776. See Bibliography Brunet volume 1 page 1752. Fine copper engraved plates on laid paper - plates complete - to illustrate Don Quixote. Condition good.
Published by Paris. Chez Bleuet. 1773, 1773
Seller: Charles Russell, ABA, ILAB, est 1978, Cirencester, United Kingdom
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6 volumes octavo 7x4 inches- handsomely leather bound in full eighteenth century calf gilt, with some repairs. Half titles, titles, text complete and illustrated with 39 engraved plates after Coypel and Picart (engraved by R. Brunet). Occasional spotting. A good copy of this eighteenth century edition in a period binding. This particular edition not listed in the bibliography- Cohen.