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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). Vida y Hechos del Ingenioso Hidalgo. Don Quixote de la Mancha. London: J and R. Tonson, 1738. 4 volumes, 4° (287 x 220mm). Engraved portrait of Cervantes by George Virtue, 68 engraved plates, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. (Very occasional spotting and browning.) Contemporary red morocco gilt, gilt edges (joints rubbed with some restoration, corners lightly bumped, a few scuff marks).
THE FIRST SPANISH EDITION PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND. A FINE COPY and 'the first with a great artistic value' (Palau). Most of the engraved plates are by Gerard Vander Gucht after Vanderbank and two are after Hogarth. Lowndes II, 401: 'A splendid and excellent edition'; Palau 52010. (4)
THE FIRST SPANISH EDITION PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND. A FINE COPY and 'the first with a great artistic value' (Palau). Most of the engraved plates are by Gerard Vander Gucht after Vanderbank and two are after Hogarth. Lowndes II, 401: 'A splendid and excellent edition'; Palau 52010. (4)