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"The History of the Valorous and Witty-Knight-Errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha", by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and translated by Thomas Shelton]. Richard Hodgkinsonne, for Andrew Crooke, 1652, second complete edition in English, with separate title to second part, both titles with two woodcut devices, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking final blank, extra-illustrated with full-page engraved frontispiece and 16 half-page plates from the edition of 1687 bound in (printed as two illustrations to a sheet and divided), title, dedication and preface slightly creased and frayed at edges (reinforced), browned, a few rust spots/small holes to text, a couple of plates with small ink stain, one or two torn at plate-mark, bookplate of W.A.McVickar, contemporary calf, a little worn, rebacked, [Wing C1774], folio. Important English edition of Cervantes's celebrated novel which was originally published in Madrid in 1605 and part II in 1615. Thomas Shelton's translation was the first in any language with part I first published in 1612 and part II in 1620; this is the first one volume edition in English. Seller Inventory # ABE-1627687153950
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