Feb 25, 2021 - Sale 2559

Sale 2559 - Lot 116

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote. 4 volumes. 141 x 90 mm. Translated by Tobias Smollett. 12mo, contemporary full brown calf, spines ruled in gilt, morocco lettering piece to each, front joint split on first and last volume, spine ends chipped, boards scuffed and soiled; contents with intermittent light to moderate browning, pencil scribble in vol. 1, inked ownership signature to front pastedowns. First separate American edition. John Conrad & Co. published Smollett's translation as volumes X-XIII in their Select Novels series in 1803. Very scarce with only one other copy traced at auction. Philadelphia: Birch and Small, 1811-12