Oct 24, 2024 - Sale 2683

Sale 2683 - Lot 61

Price Realized: $ 4,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616)
[Don Quixote in English]. The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight Errant, Don Quixote, of the Mancha.

London: Printed for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, R. Chiswell, 1675.



Folio, two parts in one volume, title page of second part dated 1672, third edition in English, translated by Thomas Shelton; two woodcut devices to title page; bound in full contemporary speckled calf stamped in gilt with the large arms of 17th century British antiquary and politician Walter Chetwynd (1633-1693) on both boards; neatly rebacked; all edges with original marbling, 11 x 7 in.

Wing C-1777.

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.