CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. The History of Don Quichote, the first parte, [London], [W. Stansby] for Ed. Blounte, [? 1620], two parts in one vol., 4° in 8's, engraved title (inner margin of engraved title adhering slightly to free endpaper, C7-D3 torn at upper margin with loss to running title of C7, L4 torn through but without loss, N4 stained, Bb5 holed with slight loss, some soiling); The Second Part of the History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha, London, [Eliot's Court Press] for Edward Blount, 1620, 4° in 8's, engraved additional title (T5 torn with some loss, some soiling, ? lacking final leaf Kk4), two parts bound in one vol., forming second (first complete edition) in English, translated by Thomas Shelton, occasional manuscript annotations in an early hand, contemporary calf (rebacked and recornered). [STC 4916 & 4917]

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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. The History of Don Quichote, the first parte, [London], [W. Stansby] for Ed. Blounte, [? 1620], two parts in one vol., 4° in 8's, engraved title (inner margin of engraved title adhering slightly to free endpaper, C7-D3 torn at upper margin with loss to running title of C7, L4 torn through but without loss, N4 stained, Bb5 holed with slight loss, some soiling); The Second Part of the History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha, London, [Eliot's Court Press] for Edward Blount, 1620, 4° in 8's, engraved additional title (T5 torn with some loss, some soiling, ? lacking final leaf Kk4), two parts bound in one vol., forming second (first complete edition) in English, translated by Thomas Shelton, occasional manuscript annotations in an early hand, contemporary calf (rebacked and recornered). [STC 4916 & 4917]

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