CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. Vida y Hechos del Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, London: J. and R. Tonson, 1738, 4 volumes, 4° (286 x 225mm.), LARGE PAPER COPY, 68 numbered engraved plates, most by Gerard Vander Gucht after Vanderbank, and engraved portrait of Cervantes by George Vertue, engraved typographical ornaments (the portrait and a few plates a little browned, some browning of text, more prevalent in vol. III-IV where some quires are severely affected), contemporary red turkey (rebacked in modern red calf, covers affected by old dampstaining, some flaking). [Lowndes 400: "A splendid and excellent edition, published by Lord Carteret"] (4)