The History of the Valorous & Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha. Translated by Thomas Shelton.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
From MFR RARE BOOKS, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since 31 July 2024
From MFR RARE BOOKS, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 31 July 2024
About this Item
First edition thus. Complete in three volumes. Leather bound. Hardcover. Octavo (21.5cm x 14cm), pp. [xxvi], 355; [viii], 365; [ix], 349. English text of Thomas Shelton. Attractive contemporary prize bindings in full calf leather (unsigned but clearly produced by a premier bindery). Spines and covers gilt ruled and tooled. Haileybury College gilt emblem to upper covers. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Half-titles present. Title-pages in red and black. Printed at the University Press by Robert Maclehose and Co., Glasgow. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Bindings tight and secure with the hinges perfectly intact. Covers very well preserved with slightest fading to spines and one or two rub marks. Contents largely very clean indeed. Prize plates to front pastedowns. Volume I with neatly inked inscription. Note: Macmillan's first modern English edition of Cervantes' great work, using Thomas Shelton's first compete translation made in 1620. Seller Inventory # MFR0388
Bibliographic Details
Title: The History of the Valorous & Witty ...
Publisher: London: Macmillan and Co.
Publication Date: 1900
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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