CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. 2 volumes. Translated by Charles Jarvis. Engraved frontispiece and 68 engraved plates by G. Van der Gucht after J. Vanderbank, and the portrait of Cervantes by George Vertue after Richard Kent. 4to, polished brown speckled calf gilt, rebacked, retaining original backstrip with green and black morocco spine labels; all edges trimmed and stained red, scattered spotting and offsetting from engravings, plates occasionally trimmed to plate marks. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson & Dodsley, 1742
first edition of the jarvis translation, with the Supplement to the Translator's Preface by William Warburton bound after the Translator's Preface and the Ozell translation of The Life of Michael De Cervantes Saavedra bound in Volume I. "Undoubtedly one of the noblest sets of engravings ever executed for Don Quixote"--Ashbee 39; Lowndes II, 401.
