The History of the Life and Adventures of the famous knight Don Quixote de la Mancha, and his humorous squire Sancho Panza, continued by Alfonso Fernandez de Avellaneda. Now first translated from the original Spanish. With a preface giving an account of the work by Mr. Baker, London: for Paul Vaillant, 1745, 2 volumes, 12°, vol. I: [iv] + [4] + 266pp., vol. II: [8] + 292pp., engraved frontispiece and 12 plates by Parr, preliminaries to vol. II include an advertisement leaf (occasional browning, soiling and old staining, corner torn from G7 in vol. I touching on text, final leaf of vol. II creased), contemporary calf with morocco lettering-pieces (joints cracked and rubbed, front inner hinges of vol. I split). With 33 others, including one volume of tracts and some odd volumes, all 18th century works in calf. (35) | Christie's

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The History of the Life and Adventures of the famous knight Don Quixote de la Mancha, and his humorous squire Sancho Panza, continued by Alfonso Fernandez de Avellaneda. Now first translated from the original Spanish. With a preface giving an account of the work by Mr. Baker, London: for Paul Vaillant, 1745, 2 volumes, 12°, vol. I: [iv] + [4] + 266pp., vol. II: [8] + 292pp., engraved frontispiece and 12 plates by Parr, preliminaries to vol. II include an advertisement leaf (occasional browning, soiling and old staining, corner torn from G7 in vol. I touching on text, final leaf of vol. II creased), contemporary calf with morocco lettering-pieces (joints cracked and rubbed, front inner hinges of vol. I split). With 33 others, including one volume of tracts and some odd volumes, all 18th century works in calf. (35)

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The History of the Life and Adventures of the famous knight Don Quixote de la Mancha, and his humorous squire Sancho Panza, continued by Alfonso Fernandez de Avellaneda. Now first translated from the original Spanish. With a preface giving an account of the work by Mr. Baker, London: for Paul Vaillant, 1745, 2 volumes, 12°, vol. I: [iv] + [4] + 266pp., vol. II: [8] + 292pp., engraved frontispiece and 12 plates by Parr, preliminaries to vol. II include an advertisement leaf (occasional browning, soiling and old staining, corner torn from G7 in vol. I touching on text, final leaf of vol. II creased), contemporary calf with morocco lettering-pieces (joints cracked and rubbed, front inner hinges of vol. I split). With 33 others, including one volume of tracts and some odd volumes, all 18th century works in calf. (35)

拍品专文

This continuation of Don Quixote by the pseudonymous Alfonso Fernandez de Avellaneda is a reprint of Captain Steven's translation of 1705 with a preface by Baker.