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Sale 2683 - Lot 62

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616)
[Don Quixote in English]. Three Titles in Six Volumes: 1729; 1806 & 1819.
1) The Most Admirable and Delightful History of the Atchievements of Don Quixote de la Mancha, London: Edward Midwinter and J. Willis, 1729, 12mo, second edition of the first abridgement of the tale in English designed for the entertainment of children (originally published in 1721); with woodcut frontispiece bound opposite the title page and illustrated with ten text woodcuts, very rare, especially complete; bound in original sheepskin boards, brutally used as a cutting surface on both boards with many losses to the leather; housed in a custom box, contents toned, some edges trimmed; a few preliminary leaves mounted; 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.

2) The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote de la Mancha. With the Humorous Conceits of his Facetious Squire, Sancho Panca, Abridged, London: Printed for J. Harris, successor to E. Newbery, at the Juvenile Library, 1806, 12mo, illustrated with 8 plates, another juvenile adaptation, first Harris edition; bound in contemporary half red morocco and marbled paper boards, worn, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.

3) Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish by Charles Jarvis, London: Printed for T. M'Lean, 1819, four octavo volumes; illustrated with 24 hand-colored full-paged aquatints; lacking half titles; bound in full early 20th century uniform straight-grained brown morocco, ornately tooled in gilt by Brentano's, all edges gilt, a very nicely preserved set; 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (6)

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.
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