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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 leaves; lacks 4A1 (leaf 272). 2 parts in one volume. Folio, contemporary calf, worn, spine ends chipped, covers detached, endpapers renewed; contents toned with occasional heavy browning and minor stains, few marginalia, small portion torn from blank outer margin of a few leaves, general title soiled. London: Richard Hodgkinsonne for Andrew Crooke, 1652
Third edition of the first part and second edition of the second part. Shelton's 1612-20 translation was the first foreign-language version of Don Quixote. Palau 52463; Wing C1776.
