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"I was born free, and, because I might live freely, I made election of the solitude of the fields. The trees of these mountains are my companions, the clear water of these streams my mirrors. With the trees and waters I communicate my thoughts and beauty. I am a parted fire, and a sword laid aloof."
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes, 1620
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Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes, 1620
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). The History of Don Quichote. The First Parte. – The Second Part of the History of ... Don Quixote. Translated by Thomas Shelton. London: [Eliot Court Press for] Edward Blount, [1620] and 1620.
First complete edition in English, comprising the second edition of the first part and the first edition of the second part, as often. Don Quixote won immediate fame when first printed in 1605. For its influence, innovation and critical status, it is "to Spanish literature what Shakespeare is to English" (Bloom) and has become globally regarded as "one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times" (PMM). Part one first appeared in English in 1612, and was reissued in 1620 along with the first edition of the second part; the engraved title present in both volumes here was created for the second part, and is not present in all copies of the reissued first part. Bloom, Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote, p. 1; Grolier Langland to Wither 213; Pforzheimer 140; STC S107641 and S107642.
Two volumes, quarto (177 x 129 mm). Engraved title in each volume, letterpress title in volume 2, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, woodcut initials (light fingersoiling, a few stains). 19th-century Spanish calf, edges gilt, gilt dentelles (light wear at extremities and corners, spines a little sunned).
Miguel de Cervantes, 1620
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). The History of Don Quichote. The First Parte. – The Second Part of the History of ... Don Quixote. Translated by Thomas Shelton. London: [Eliot Court Press for] Edward Blount, [1620] and 1620.
First complete edition in English, comprising the second edition of the first part and the first edition of the second part, as often. Don Quixote won immediate fame when first printed in 1605. For its influence, innovation and critical status, it is "to Spanish literature what Shakespeare is to English" (Bloom) and has become globally regarded as "one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times" (PMM). Part one first appeared in English in 1612, and was reissued in 1620 along with the first edition of the second part; the engraved title present in both volumes here was created for the second part, and is not present in all copies of the reissued first part. Bloom, Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote, p. 1; Grolier Langland to Wither 213; Pforzheimer 140; STC S107641 and S107642.
Two volumes, quarto (177 x 129 mm). Engraved title in each volume, letterpress title in volume 2, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, woodcut initials (light fingersoiling, a few stains). 19th-century Spanish calf, edges gilt, gilt dentelles (light wear at extremities and corners, spines a little sunned).
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