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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha [with The Second Part of the History of . . . Don Quixote, both translated by Thomas Shelton]. [8], 137; [5], 138-214, 216-44, 244-73 pages. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, red morocco circa 1900 simply gilt-tooled in art nouveau style with initials F[letcher] B[attershall] in center lozenge on covers, gilt bat device with monogram FB on front lower turn-in, spine ends and raised bands rubbed; contents toned, with occasional foxing and soiling, general title, next leaf, and last leaf shaved along fore edge (and possibly supplied?). Bookplates of Fletcher and Maude Battershall and Willis Vickery. London: R. Scot et al., 1675; Richard Hodgkinson, 1672
Fourth edition of the first part and third edition of the second part. Shelton's translation, first published in 1612, was the first foreign-language version of Don Quixote. Palau 52464; Wing C1777.
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