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Exceedingly rare first complete edition in English of Cervantes' masterpiece comprising the second editionÂofÂtheÂfirst part andÂtheÂfirst editionÂofÂthe second part. Octavo, 2 volumes bound in full 19th century calf, engraved title in each volume. Translated from the original Spanish by Thomas Shelton whose first English translation published in 1612 was the first translation in any language and took him only forty days to complete. The true first edition of Don Quixote was published in Madrid by Francisco de Robles in two parts in 1605 and 1615. Shelton's first English translation 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. Both volumes are in near fine condition. (Pforzheimer 140; Grolier Langland to Wither 213). In near fine condition. Often cited as the first modern novel, Cervantes' masterpiece Don Quixote remains not only the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age, but the most important work of the entire Spanish literary canon. 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). The Shelton translation is generally considered the English translation that "realizes Cervantes' manner more nearly than any successor." (DNB). â It is interesting to realize that the first modern novel was composed by a sick, aged and impoverished man, who believed that a satirical tale might produce more revenue than the poems and plays that he regarded as his more serious mission. Under the guise of a parody on romances of chivalry, Cervantes created a study of reality and illusion, madness and sanity, that links him with such acute 16th-century students of psychology as Erasmus, Rabelais, Montaigne, and Shakespeareâ (Folgerâ s Choice 30).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST COMPLETE NOVEL IN ENGLISH London, Printed for Edward Blounte, 1620?, 1620. FIRST COMPLETE EDITION IN ENGLISH, FIRST EDITION of II. 2 vols. I: pp. [12], 572, [4]; II: [2], [16], 504, lacking final blank. Roman letter, little Italic. Engraved titles with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza on horseback, woodcut vignette to second title, decorated initials and ornaments. Textblock trimmed close at head, occasionally touching typographical ruling, or running title of vol.II, engraved titles and last versos dusty, upper outer corner of P7 (II) torn, affecting two letters, small light water stain to lower outer blank corner of last two ll. (II), the odd minor marginal spot or mark. Very good, fresh and clean copies in modern limp vellum antique by B. Middleton, silk ties, a.e.r., early shelfmark labels preserved at foot of spines, bookplates of Kenneth Rapoport and Michael Curtis Phillips. In folding box. The first complete edition in English, and the first English edition of Part II, of this ground-breaking literary work - the first modern European novel, rarely found complete, as a uniform set. Attributed to Renold Elstrack, the engraved frontispiece, which reprised the title vignette of the first 1618 French edition, was the illustration of Don Quixote and Sancho to appear in print. Don Quixote is one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times, and there are very few who have not at one time or another felt themselves to be Don Quixote confronting the windmills or Sancho Panza at the inn (PMM 111). The epic novel tells the deeds of the minor aristocrat Alonso Quijano, so keen a reader of medieval chivalric romances that he loses his mind (or pretends to), and becomes absorbed in an imaginary world of knightly adventures. After assuming the name Don Quixote , as a knight-errant, he travels with his witty squire Sancho Panza (a local farmer), facing comic situations he interprets as heroic, including the famous, symbolic and now proverbial fight against windmills. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) led a picaresque life. Having written a handful of plays, he published Part I of Don Quixote in 1605, followed by Part II in 1615. It was first translated from Castilian into English the first translation into any language - by the Irish Catholic Thomas Shelton (fl.1604-20) in 1612, using the text of the 1607 edition, printed in Brussels, where Shelton taught Spanish. The c.1620 Part I is a reprint of Shelton s text. Previously attributed to Shelton and probably based on the 1615 edition, Part II is now considered to be the work of the Hispanist Leonard Digges (1588-1635). Digges was among the authors of dedicatory poems prefacing Shakespeare s First Folio, also published by Edward Blount. The English translation of Quixote greatly influenced the language and ideas of English playwrights and poets, including Shakespeare and Jonson. Not merely once but on a variety of occasions the C17 English writers [influenced by Quixote ] reflect and actually participate in the sheer fun of the work by playing with the protagonist s name. They invent the adjectives Quixoticall (1642), Quixot-like (1664) [ ]; the past participle Don quixoted (1658) [ ]; and the nouns Don Quichoterie (1659), Quixotry (1665) [ ]. In short, both the nature and the contagious fun of the character [ ] were actually adapted, incorporated, and made manifest in fresh English words (Randall, pp.xxxvi-xxxvii). I: STC (2nd ed.), 4917; Pforzheimer, 140; ESTC S107641; PMM 111 (first Spanish ed.). II: STC (2nd ed.), 4917; Pforzheimer, 140; ESTC S107642; PMM 111 (first Spanish ed.). M. Cervantes de Saavedra, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, vol. III (1896); D. Randall, Cervantes in seventeenth-century England (2009).

El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles: Roger Velpius, Huberto Antonio, 1607. Full Description: CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles: Roger Velpius, 1607. [Together with] Segunda Parte del Ingenioso Cavallero Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles: Huberto Antonio, 1616. First Brussels edition of both volumes. The second volume is also the second overall edition. Two small octavo volumes (6 3/8 x 3 3/4 inches; 161 x 95 mm). [24], 592, [8]; [16], 687, [1, blank] pp. With engraved head and tail pieces. Engraved and historiated initials. This edition is usually sold individually, and not as a set. In fact, other than this copy, the last copy of both volumes being sold together at auction was at Sotheby's in 1953. The second volume is the first edition published outside of Spain. and the "Velpius's edition, which introduced the text to Northern Europe, is based on Cuedra's second (with many misprints and other textual infelicities corrected)." Uniformly bound in full modern calf, each volume with two spine labels. Spines lettered in gilt. All edges speckled red and top edges dyed brown. Title-page to volume I is backed, with backing being old. Some mild dampstaining scattered throughout. A minor amount of marginal worming to the last 80 pages of volume I, not affecting text. Volume II with a small tear to the corner of leaf F4, just barely touching a letter, leaf MM2, with small corner tear, not affecting text and a small hole to leaf Ss2, affecting just a few letters. Two previous owner's bookplates to front pastedown of each volume, one of which is an armorial bookplate for Christ College, Oxford University. Endpapers with small manuscript shelfmarks crossed out and "Duplic" in old ink. Overall a very good copy of this edition which is usually sold individually and not both volumes together. "Ruiz notes that this edition was the most finely printed of the early versions to date. Don Quixote won immediate fame when first printed in 1605 for its â variety, liveliness, and gibes at the famous.' Its subdued pathos and universal humanity have assured it a place as â one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times' (PMM). It quickly went through numerous editions, translations, and piracies. This edition [of first part] is the seventh overallâ "all early editions are rare. Velpius's edition, which introduced the text to Northern Europe, is based on Cuedra's second (with many misprints and other textual infelicities corrected)." (Christies). "It is often said that â Don Quixote' was at first received coldly. The facts show just the contrary. No sooner was it in the hands of the public than preparations were made to issue pirated editions at Lisbon and Valencia, and to bring out a second edition with the additional rights for Aragon and Portugal. â Don Quixote' had been growing in favour, and its author's name was now known beyond the Pyrenees. In 1607 an edition was printed at Brussels." (from "Translators Preface" to the 1922 edition of John Ormsby's translation of Don Quixote) Palau 51981. PMM 111. Ruiz 7. HBS 68842. $100,000.

Couverture souple. Condición: Très bon. Edition originale. CERVANTES Saavedra, Miguel de. [DON QUICHOTTE]. SEGUNDA PARTE DEL INGENIOSO CAVALLERO DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA. Por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, autor de su primera Parte. Dirigida a Don Pedro Fernandez de Castro. Barcelona, Sebastian Matevat, Ano 1617. In-8 de (6) ff., 357 ff., (9) pp. de table. Vélin ivoire à recouvrement de l époque, traces d attache, dos à deux nerfs, titre calligraphié au dos, tranches jaspées. Reliure de l époque. 145 X 97 mm. « Rarissime édition, la première dont les deux parties aient été imprimées dans la même ville et sous la même date. Navarette n en connut que le second volume, et Salva affirme n avoir jamais vu que son exemplaire de complet. » (Ricardo Heredia). Ricardo Hérédia, n°2518 ; Salva, n°2654 ; Palau, 51989 ; Brunet, I, 1749 ; Graesse, II, 106 ; Rahir, Bibliothèque de l amateur, 360. L exemplaire était en reliure très postérieure. PREMIERE EDITION BARCELONAISE DE LA SECONDE PARTIE DE DON QUICHOTTE parue deux ans après l originale de Madrid. De tous temps les deux parties se sont vendues séparément. Il suffit pour s en convaincre de consulter Salva, Ricardo Heredia ou Brunet. Cela s explique par les 10 années qui séparent la publication des deux parties et par leur faible tirage. LA SECONDE PARTIE DE DON QUICHOTTE EST BIEN PLUS QU UNE SUITE, C EST UN LIVRE COMPLET EN LUI-MEME « qui est en quelque sorte l illustration, l interprétation et la conclusion définitive de la première ». La renommée triomphale de la première partie encouragea Cervantès à produire un nouveau chef-d uvre. CETTE EDITION EST DECRITE DANS LA COLLECTION LA PLUS COMPLETE DES UVRES DE Cervantès REUNIE AU XIXE SIECLE PAR Ricardo Hérédia, comte de Benahavis dont la vente eut lieu à Paris en 1892. Celui-ci possédait les 10 premières éditions de la première partie, l originale de Madrid de la seconde partie, publiée en 1615, 2 exemplaires de la seconde édition imprimée à Bruxelles en 1616, puis celle de Barcelone de 1617, mais en reliure très postérieure. « Chef d uvre de la littérature mondiale, Don Quichotte a été pensé par son auteur comme un roman de chevalerie capable de se détacher de tous les autres. Après avoir fourbi les vieilles armes de ses ancêtres et s être fabriqué une visière en carton Alonso Quixano prend comme nom de bataille celui de Don Quichotte de la Manche. Un jour il monte à cheval et part à l aventure. L uvre entière est comme enveloppée d un sourire immatériel et translucide qui laisse percer secrètement une inépuisable richesse d humanité et d expériences réellement vécues. » (Dictionnaire des Oeuvres). « Within months Don Quichotte and Sancho Panza had become legendary. Don Quichotte is one of those universal books which are read by all ages at all times. » (PMM). L originale de Don Quichotte est, avec celle de Shakespeare, la plus recherchée de la littérature mondiale. En novembre 1989, à New York, il y a 25 ans, ces deux originales, reliées en maroquin du XIXe siècle, étaient respectivement adjugées $ 1 650 000 et $ 2 000 000. La seconde partie seule de Don Quichotte, imprimée à Madrid en 1615, en vélin de l époque a été adjugée 600 000 le 7 décembre 2000 (Sotheby s), il y a 14 ans. MAGNIFIQUE EXEMPLAIRE, DE TOUTE PURETE, CONSERVE DANS SA RELIURE EN VELIN IVOIRE DE L EPOQUE. Barcelona, Sebastian Matevat, Ano 1617. In-8 de (6) ff., 357 ff., (9) pp. de table. Vélin ivoire à recouvrement de l époque, traces d attache, dos à deux nerfs, titre calligraphié au dos, tranches jaspées. Reliure de l époque. 145 X 97 mm. « Rarissime édition, la première dont les deux parties aient été imprimées dans la même ville et sous la même date. Navarette n en connut que le second volume, et Salva affirme n avoir jamais vu que son exemplaire de complet. » (Ricardo Heredia). Ricardo Hérédia, n°2518 ; Salva, n°2654 ; Palau, 51989 ; Brunet, I, 1749 ; Graesse, II, 106 ; Rahir, Bibliothèque de l amateur, 360. L exemplaire était en reliure très postérieure. PREMIERE EDITION BARCELONAISE DE LA SECONDE.

Milan, Por el Heredero de Pedromartir Locarni y Iuan Bautista Bidello, 1610. 8vo. In contemporary full limp vellum with title in contemporary hand to spine. Extremities with wear. Repair and a small hole to front board and missing vellum on upper outer corner of back board. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to title-page. First 8 leaves lightly washed. Damp stain throughout, however mainly affecting pp. 169-340. The paper is still good and solid. A good copy in its original binding. [Blank], 16 ff, 722 pp, [blank]. [mispaginated between pp. 704-707, as called for]. Scarce first edition of 'Don Quixote' to be printed in Italy, being the 10th overall printing of part one, preserved in its first binding. The editor changed Cervantes's dedication to the Duque de Béjar for that of Vizconde Vitaliano, otherwise the text follows that of the second edition printed in Madrid by Juan de la Cuesta in 1605. This masterpiece, which established the novel genre in Western literature, was first published by Cuesta in Madrid in 1605 and became an instant success. The first edition, published in Madrid in 1605, was followed by three pirated editions later the same year and two further authorized editions. The first part of Don Quixote was revised by Cervantes up to and including the third Cuesta edition of 1608. The second part was not published until 1615. ?The first part of Don Quixote came out in 1605. What had begun as a simple satire on the tedious chivalric romances of the time broadened into a sweeping panorama of Spanish society and it was this, the variety, the liveliness, and the gibes at the famous, which won it instant fame. Its larger claims, the subdued pathos, its universal humanity, were slower to be appreciated. But within months Don Quixote and Sancho Panza had become legendary [?]. Don Quixote is one of those universal works which are read by all ages at all times, and there are very few who have not one time or another felt themselves to be Don Quixote confronting windmills or Sancho Panza at the inn.? (PMM 111) Brunet 1748 Palau 51983 Suñé 10 (PMM 111, being the first edition from 1605).

First printing of the celebrated Ibarra edition. Printed for La Real Academia Española (the Spanish Royal Academy) by Joaquín Ibarra y Marín, this edition was intended to be a supreme example of Spanish craftsmanship lavished on the nation's greatest literary work. This edition excels in beauty of type, design, paper, illustration and printing, as well as incorporating a carefully edited and corrected text. The illustrations and delightful ornaments were designed by the best Spanish artists of the day, the paper was milled expressly for this edition, and the type was specially cut. It contains the first map depicting the route taken by Don Quixote and Sancho Panza through Spain. The edition's fame among bibliophiles was thoroughly established throughout Europe within a few years. Cohen-De Ricci 218-19; Palau 52024; Updike II, 73-75. 4 volumes, quarto (302 x 222 mm). Contemporary Spanish green mottled calf, twin red morocco labels, gilt floral decoration to compartments, inset brown calf lozenge to covers with gilt borders, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. 4 engraved title pages, portrait of Cervantes, and 31 plates after Carnicero, Barranco, Brunette, Del Castillo, Ferro and Gil, engraved by Ballester, Barcelon, Fabregat, Gil, Mol, Muntaner, Salvador y Carmona and Selam, engraved map, engraved ornamental initials and head- and tailpieces. Lower margin of frontispiece of vol. I sometime renewed (not affecting image). Expert restoration to joints and extremities, inset calf repair to covers, light damp discolouration to endpapers, some foxing to contents, a few faint running peripheral minor stains, more substantial staining at end of vol. IV. A very good copy in a handsome contemporary Spanish binding.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condición: Excelente. 1ª Edición. 1880.EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA. MONTANER SIMON. 4 TOMOS. EXCLUSIVA. Barcelona. 1880. 4 Vol. En formato de 39 cm x 29 cm cada tomo. Encuadernación en Pergamino con dorados. Encuadernación por MIRALLES. Ilustrada por Don Ricardo Balaca y Don J. Luis Pellicer. La rareza y exclusividad de esta edición del Quijote de la editorial Montaner Simón es que sea en 4 tomos, y su estado de conservación, como salida de la imprenta. Es sin duda la más rara, y desconocida, reiramos, por ser en 4 tomos (y no en 2 tomos como la editorial imprimió de forma habitual el año 1880 y 1883). Seguramente es la más especial en cuanto a su belleza de todas las publicadas en el siglo XIX, y sin duda la más lujosa impresa en la época, por sus detalles en la encuadernación, en los materiales utilizados, el tipo de papel, por sus dimensiones, por su aparato tipográfico, sus 44 láminas en cromolitografía original de la época a todo color, y más de 250 imágenes grabadas al boj, formando cabeceras y colofones de capítulos. Es una obra irrepetible, por el material utilizado para su composición y por el trabajo de los oficiales que la crearon. La editorial y sus propietarios, al igual que los artistas que realizaron las labores de creación de este libro, desaparecieron, dejando un vacío enorme y muchas incógnitas, pero sobre todo dejaron obras de arte, como este quijote en 4 tomos. Es ampliamente conocido, que la editorial, produjo en 1880 varios ejemplares del Quijote en 2 tomos, que son de extremada belleza, y se encuentran con cierta facilidad en el mercado de libros usados y de colección. Pero de esta misma la obra en 4 tomos, solo se produjeron escasos ejemplares para bibliotecas muy selectas que pudieran permitirse el lujo de adquirirlo. Actualmente no se encuentra en el mercado de venta ni un solo ejemplar en 4 tomos, y mucho menos en buen estado, que es este que presentamos. El estado de conservación de estos 4 tomos hace de este ejemplar una pieza muy exclusiva. Emocionante resulta el pasar las hojas en excelente papel y mejor impresión, cuyos 4 volúmenes se adornan con 44 cromolitografías a toda página firmadas por Ricardo Balaca y Luis Pellicer y 252 cabeceras y remates xilográficos, grabados por maestros como J. Gómez, Smeeton, Tilly, Sadurní y Martí. La empresa editorial Montaner y Simón, fundada en Barcelona en 1861 por Ramón de Montaner y Vila y Francisco Simón y Fuente, se dedicó especialmente a publicar en castellano obras monumentales y de bibliófilo. Llegó a ser una de las más importantes de España, sobre todo durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX y el primer tercio del siglo XX. A lo largo de sus 120 años de existencia elabora un extenso catálogo de publicaciones de mucha calidad y con un gran alcance de distribución. Uno de los ilustradores de este Quijote, Ricardo Balaca (Pintor español, naciodo en Lisboa, 1844; Aravaca, Madrid, 1880), no pudo ver terminado su trabajo en la ilustración del Quijote, puesto que le vino la muerte cuando tenía finalizadas la mitad de las estampas. El retrato de Cervantes que aparece al inicio de la edición es realizado por B. Maura, uno de los maestros grabadores más importantes del momento. Balaca era hijo del también pintor José Balaca y Carrión que en el momento del nacimiento de Ricardo estaba instalado transitoriamente en Lisboa tras haberse exiliado de España por motivos políticos. Su formación artística se inicia en el taller familiar, completándola en la Escuela Superior de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado de Madrid, siendo discípulo de Federico Madrazo. Desde muy joven destacó por sus capacidades para el arte y en 1858, con solo 13 años, participó por primera vez en la Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes (España), obteniendo mención honorífica. Practicó el dibujo, la ilustración gráfica, el retrato y sobre todo la representación de escenas de batallas, género típico del siglo XVIII que alcanzó un nuevo auge con el romanticismo en el XIX. En la biografía del otro i.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of the First illustrated Edition in English of Don Quixote. A beautiful copy bound in full brown calf to period, with raised bands and is elaborately gilt-decorated on the spine. The book has the copper-engraved frontispiece and eight copper-engraved plates, each bearing two images. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition. Trades and offers considered.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. "8vo (the leaf 147x95 mm), 18th brown calf binding, spine with raised bands, fully gilt in compartments, with title in gold on red morocco label, red edges. The upper corner of first 4 leaves spotted, with the upper corner of the title-leaf repaired (some letters of title supplied by pen), some other small spots and marginal stains till pp. 70, for else a good copy. Woodcut device on title-page, pp. (32 nn.), pp. numb. 722. First edition published in Italy of this work, which established the genre novel in western literature history, still nowadays one of greatest novels of world literature, released while Cervantes was still alive. The text is based on the second revised edition of Cuesta (Madrid 1605); for the first time, the editor changed Cervantes's original dedication to the Duque de Bejar for that of Vizconde Vitaliano. The second part was not published until 1615, and the first Italian translation appeared in 1622. PMM 111 for the 1605 1st edition; Brunet 1748; Palau 51983; Ford-Lansing, p. 5; Salvà, n. 1550.".

The first illustrated edition in English. Also the first Hodgkin printing and the first Edition of John Philips translation. Quarto (12 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches; 317 x 195 mm). [20], 161, [3], [1, blank] pp. According to ESTC the Frontispiece, S3, and 2P3 are integral engravings. The catchwords on the proceeding leaves show this to be true. With seventeen engravings on nine plates, including the frontispiece. With the errata and 3 pages of poems which are often found lacking. Full contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down. Boards tooled in gilt. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. All edges marbled. Previous owner's armorial bookplate and other smaller bookplate on front pastedown. Some minor repair to spine. Internally very clean. Overall a very good copy. "The first illustrated Don Quixote in English, in the translation of John Phillips, Milton's nephew, continuing Milton's disenchantment with chivalric and popular romances. Phillips' translation moves English slang and satire to the Iberian peninsula, to the horror of his contemporaries ("the Language of Billingsgate into the Mouths of Spanish Ladies and Noblemen"); although the illustrations were reused for later English editions, Phillips' text was never reprinted. His version of Cervantes in "the humour of our modern language" (such as "Knighthoods and Shitehoods" and providing Don Quixote with a dose of the clap) seemed too strong for the reading public." (Sotheby's). ESTC R8126. Palau 156. Rius. HBS 68456. $16,000.

First edition, a superb copy of Fielding's scarcest novel from the library of the Duke of Montagu. Joseph Andrews is the first comic novel in English - a new species of writing that Fielding in his Preface called "a comic Epic-Poem in Prose" - featuring the Quixotic exploits of his most memorable character, Parson Adams. Fielding had already burlesqued the epistolary form and naïve moralism of Richardson's Pamela in An Apology for the Life of Mrs Shamela Andrews (1741), but he quickly realised that he had the foundation of a much more ambitious work, embodying an alternative conception of the art of fiction and effectively a new genre in English. The courtier John Montagu, second duke of Montagu (1690-1749), was one of the quirkiest characters of his day, a kind-hearted man of a whimsical, fun-loving bent. "He seems to have believed that the quest for happiness was the main purpose of life and that the struggle for wealth, honours, fame, and power simply destroyed a more generous nature. With this as his guiding principle he became a lover of the practical joke and a creator of hoaxes. He was a man of many parts: philanthropist, a patron of the opera and drama, the protector of freemasonry, and the proponent of a gentler way of life, all hidden under a devil-may-care attitude and style of life" (ODNB). In short, Fielding's ideal reader. Latterly in the library of the renowned American bibliophile Frank J. Hogan (his sale, Parke-Bernet, 1945). Cross III, p. 305; Rothschild 844; Metzdorf 1034. 2 volumes, duodecimo (162 x 98 mm). Contemporary calf, double gilt rules, gilt ducal supralibros of John Montagu in centre of each cover and in fourth spine compartment, spines numbered gilt. Later blue cloth box and chemise. Complete with all publisher's advert leaves. Early ink monograms (DM) on pastedowns; engraved bookplate of Frank J. Hogan to first pastedown. Lightly rubbed, some very skilful unobtrusive restoration to the spines, still a fine copy of Fielding's first and scarcest novel.

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. First Illustrated Edition in English. Folio. 18], 616 [i.e. 612], [3] pp. A7 (3rd and 6th l. signed: A2), c2, B-R4, S3, T-2O4, 2P3, 2Q-4I4, 4K2. Translated by John Phillips. With copper-engraved frontispiece & 8 copper-engraved plates, each bearing two images. 19th century full calf, spine tooled & lettered in gilt, gilt inner dentelles; bound by J. Larkin. Plain endpapers. A very good copy. Light rubbing to the calf, frontispiece and title page expertly and nearly invisibly inlaid in paper frames with no loss of text, two of the plates with fore-edges remargined; minor, mostly marginal, foxing and soiling within. Overall a very attractive copy in a lovely example of the binder's art. Laid in are two 19th century manuscript notes from the Rev. Samuel Martin Mayhew of St. Paul's Vicarage to a Mr. Hopkins discussing the volume and translation. .

Second edition of the first English translation of Cervantes' masterpiece. Folio, bound in full calf with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, quadruple gilt ruling with cornerpiece flourishes to the front and rear panels, woodcut devices to the titles, woodcut initials and headpieces. Translated from the original Spanish by Thomas Shelton, his first English translation published in 1612 was the first translation in any language, and took him only forty days to complete. The true first edition of Don Quixote appeared in two parts in 1605 and 1614. The first part of Sheltonâ s first English version was published in 1612; with the second part was added in 1620, both published in quarto. The present volume is the first single-volume Shelton edition, and is the first folio edition. In near fine condition. Period ownership inscription to the title page. An exceptional example, the nicest we have seen. Often cited as the first modern novel, Cervantes' masterpiece Don Quixote remains not only the most influential work of literature to emerge from the Spanish Golden Age, but the most important work of the entire Spanish literary canon. The Shelton translation is generally considered the English translation that "realizes Cervantes' manner more nearly than any successor." (DNB). â It is interesting to realize that the first modern novel was composed by a sick, aged and impoverished man, who believed that a satirical tale might produce more revenue than the poems and plays that he regarded as his more serious mission. Under the guise of a parody on romances of chivalry, Cervantes created a study of reality and illusion, madness and sanity, that links him with such acute 16th-century students of psychology as Erasmus, Rabelais, Montaigne, and Shakespeareâ (Folgerâ s Choice 30).

First Edition. First Edition. Two volumes. Folio (17 x 12 inches). Extremely scarce in the Ashendene full pigskin binding which Ashendene procured W. H. Smith to expertly bind (signed on rear lower dentelle of volume two in gilt pallet: "Bound by W. H. Smith and Son," An impressive binding with five large raised bands extending slightly onto covers forming a triangle, six large raised bands and two extending out at top and bottom, six panels, two of which contain gilt-stamped lettering. Printed in Ptolemy type, designed for its first use by Emery Walker, in black and red, double column, shoulder notes in red, chapter headings in red beneath chapter numbers in black, two three-quarter page borders, 18-line and smaller initial capitals or opening words in a stylized black-on-white leaf and tendril pattern, designed by Louise Powell and cut on wood by W. M. Quick and G. H. Ford. All edges untrimmed. One of 255 copies, this in the original pigskin binding (Hornby 36). An aesthetic masterpiece. Im fine condition. Very scarce.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condición: Muy bien. 1ª Edición. CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de: Primera parte Y Segunda parte del Ingenioso Hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha compuesto por , San Feliu de Guixols, Imprenta de Octavio Viader, 1916. 2 vols.1ª Edición. 33X24. In-fol. menor.- I: x-148 h.- II: vii (i)-155 h.- 2 col.- Impreso en tintas roja y negra.- Caracteres góticos.- Grandes capitales en color y en oro.- Iniciales grabadas floreadas.- Encabezamientos y culs-de-lampe en color.- Contiene una página de la edición de 1909 en corcho del mismo editor.- Encuadernación de editor en pergamino ricamente estampado, canto superior dorado, cubiertas conservadas. El corcho lo facturó la casa Bender de SantFeliú y en los dorados del volumen Viader sustituía la falsedad de las purpurinas por los panes de oro de ley. Se lanzaron 52 ejemplares, el primero dedicado al Rey Alfonso XIII. Se agotó pronto y no tardó en cotizarse a precios elevados. El libro se expuso en el museo Gutenberg de Maguncia y en el British Museum de Londres. Alfonso XIII mostraba el ejemplar a él dedicado en el Palacio de Oriente y nombró al impresor Caballero de Isabel la Católica-Magnífica edición, una joya consultar por fotos. est arr.

2 volumes. The First Jarvis edition. 2 engraved frontispieces, 2 engraved titlepages and over 60 other very finely executed full page engravings, 68 total. 4to, full contemporary polished calf. the spine with raised bands gilt ruled, contrasting red and green morocco lettering and numbering labels gilt. Antique and sympathetic reback to style. xxxii, vi, 355; xii, 388. A handsome period set in a nice state of preservation, rebacked to style at some time. AN IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION OF THIS HIGHLY REGARDED AND EARLY ENGLISH TRANSLATION. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS THROUGHOUT. An appealing set of Cervantes' magnificent and romantic tale. Jarvis' is one of the best-known and earliest translations into English. Its presentation, from the point of view of the quality of the art of the book is splendid. Very finely executed full page engravings, engraved head and tail pieces, and engraved capitals make for a creation of the highest order. There is a fine Life of Cervantes preceding the text translated from the original Spanish and with an especially handsome engraving of Cervantes. In addition, significant content was gained from researching the old histories and chronicles with which the Spaniards of the 16th century were familiar. Thus, many of the period poetical nuances have here been included in English for the first time.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. London: Printed by Thomas Hodgkin, and sold by John Newton at the three Pigeons over against the Inner-Temple Gate in Fleet street, 1687, First Edition. Recently rebound in half leather with marbled boards. Some worming throughout the volume mostly affecting the margin, worming to the title and subsequent pages affecting the text to page 23. Pencil annotation and crosses to the margins throughout. ONLY 5 of the 8 required plates in addition to the title page. Translated by John Phillips. With copper-engraved frontispiece & 5 of 8 copper-engraved plates, each bearing two images. Frontispiece and title page reinforced to the gutter. [18], 616, [3] pp. Signatures A in gathering of 7 (3rd and 6th signed: A2), c in gathering of 2, B to R in gathering of 4, S in gathering of 3 (in gathering of 4 if plate included), T to Oo in gathering of 4, Pp in gathering of 3, Qq to Iiii in gathering of 4, Kkkk in gathering of 2. A scarce and highly prized volume. This volume for sale online with a starting price at £12,000. Approximately 12 inches (31cm) tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition attractive new spine with red title label and gilt titles, five raised gilt lined bands. Joints very good condition sound. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition marbled paper covered boards with leather quarters. Page edges very good condition red. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound. Paste downs very good condition new. End papers very good condition new. Title good condition tanned and foxed, wormed to the top of the page, pencil annotation. Pages good condition tanned and foxed, worming throughout, mostly limited to the margins and not extensive, pencil crosses and annotation throughout, mostly to the margin. Binding very good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1687 Binding: Hardback.

Hard Cover. First Edition. The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish of Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra. By Charles Jarvis, Esq; In Two Volumes. London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand, and R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1742. First Edition of the English translation of Don Quixote by Charles Jervas (1675-1739), published posthumously in 1742 and, due to a printer's error, known as the "Jarvis translation." Two large quarto volumes. xxiii, [1, blank], [8], [xxv]-xxxii, vi, [2], 90, [12], 355, [1, blank]; xii, 388 pages. "The Life" with separate title page dated 1738, Engraved frontispiece portrait of Cervantes by George Vertue after William Kent (signed: G. Kent) and 68 engraved plates by G. Vander Gucht after J. Vanderbank, with the portrait of Cervantes by George Virtue after Richard Kent. This copy with the rare "A Supplement to the Translator's Preface," more commonly known as "A Dissertation on the Origin of Books of Chivalry," by William Warburton bound after "The Translator's Preface" in Volume I. Copies with this Supplement are noted elsewhere as being "Second Issue". Contemporary calf gilt with red morocco spine labels titled in gilt. Former owner's neat, book-plate to each volume. Entirely original with no repair or restoration. Reasonably strong hinges given the age of these 2 volumes. General shelf wear, infrequent spotting, offsetting from engravings, but overall about VG. "Undoubtedly one of the noblest sets of engravings ever executed for Don Quixote" (Ashbee 39). The author and painter's most ambitious literary undertaking, this translation of was published posthumously in 1742 is frequently reprinted, and "generally acknowledged as being close in spirit to the original." (ODNB). Photographs/scans available upon request.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition of the lavishly illustrated presentation of the Spanish classic of Don Quixote! London: J. and R. Tonson and R. Dodsley, 1742. 4to, 2 volume set. 10.75" x 9". With engraved portrait of Cervantes and 68 fine engraved copperplates by Gerard Vander Gucht after drawings of John Vanderbank. xxiv, [8], xxv-xxxii, vi, [2], 90, [14], 355, [1]; xii, 388 pp.  Includes the reimpression of the Life of Cervantes, with title dated 1738. Bound here in modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards. The first edition of this translation by Jervas, here with the scarce 8-page "Supplement to the Translator's Preface" inserted between pages xxiv and xxv (not found in all copies; some call this a second issue-point). A handsome edition, presented in a large quarto format with finely engraved plates. The translation was by Charles Jervas, whose name was consistently misspelled on editions of his translation as "Jarvis." ESTC T59882. The portrait of Cervantes by G. Kent, engraved by George Vertue, is opposite to the first page of the 90-page "Life of Michael de Cervantes Saavedra", dated 1738 in Volume I. Condition: Bindings excellent with a few very light scratches. Very few instances of light foxing or soiling, some light offsetting from plates, clean text and illustrations with almost no spotting, a nice example overall.

First edition of the first annotated edition of Don Quixote. Octavo, five volumes, bound in contemporary tree calf, covers with a swashed diagonal cross, edged with a gilt roll, gilt bands and green lettering pieces, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. With 2 engraved portraits, 2 engraved headpieces, 3 folding maps, and 31 engraved plates executed by P. Duflos and Moreno Tejada after R. Ximeno, A. Navarro, Monnet and Camaron y Paret. In near fine condition. "This beautiful edition, which is printed on excellent paper, is of the highest importance for Pellicer's erudite notes and commentary, and for his painstaking corrections of the text" (Ruis). By focusing his attention on the authentic Spanish folklore that Cervantes would have drawn upon, Pellicer set the precedent for modern editorial methods. The present edition is illustrated with numerous fine plates, described by Ashbee as "among the finest produced in Spain." Palau 52030; Salva 1568; Mas II, 446; Ruis I, 59; Ashbee Iconography of Don Quixote 93. Don Quixote tells the tale of a man so entranced by reading about the chivalrous romantic ideals touted in books that he decides to take up his sword and become a knight-errant himself, with the aims of defending the helpless and warding off the wicked. With his somewhat confused laborer-turned-squire, Sancho Panza, they roam the world together and have adventures that have haunted reader's imaginations for nearly four hundred years. Don Quixote is generally recognized as the first modern novel. Over those years, it has had an incredible influence on thousands of writers, from Dickens to Faulkner, who once said he reread it once a year, "just as some people read the Bible". Vladimir Nabokov said of the book: "Don Quixote is greater today than he was in Cervantes's womb. [He] looms so wonderfully above the skyline of literature, a gaunt giant on a lean nag, that the book lives and will live through [his] sheer vitality. He stands for everything that is gentle, forlorn, pure, unselfish, and gallant. The parody has become a paragon.".

Third edition, in this translation. In four volumes. 16 folding plates. vi, [x], 323; [8], 327-632; [10], 635- 953; [8], 955-1322pp. Text complete. Bound in contemporary panelled brown calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked in matching brown speckled calf, raised bands, contrasting labels. Top half inch of title page removed and professionally repaired. Small portion at head of epistle dedicatory first page missing to vol. III, only top part of heading text missing to reverse. Pages occasionally stained but only lightly. A couple of neat 18th and early 19th century ownership inscriptions to vol. I. A remarkably clean and sound set of this scarce early translation with delightful folding illustrations, some of the outer edges of these sl. worn. Please contact us for more information or photographs. There is a mixed set of the first and third editions in the British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books but this set is imperfect as wanting the illustrations. They have a complete set of this edition but no second or complete first edition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition of the Jervas translation. Two volume set. Contemporary mottled calf, five raised bands, gilt decorated compartments, titles in gilt to the spine. Bound with: 'The life of Michael de Cervantes Saavedra. Written by Don Gregorio Mayáns and Sisár' (the first English translation 1738); 'A supplement to the translator's preface' more commonly know as 'A dissertation on the origin of books of chivalry' by William Warburton; 'Advertisment concerning the Prints' by John Oldfield. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 67 copper plates engraved by Gerard van der Gucht from drawings by John Vanderbank and an additional frontispiece engraved by George Virtue after a drawing by G. Kent. Entirely original with no repairs or restoration, hinges fairly strong given the age of these two volumes. Pages and engravings notably clean and bright, very few signs of foxing or handling marks. A Very Good set. More photographs can be supplied on request. We are always interested in buying books by J R R Tolkien, C S Lewis and Lewis Carroll, from individual titles to complete collections.

First edition. First edition. Papered spine. Woodcut illustration of dueling horsemen on the title page. Title page in a typographical frame. A woodcut initial. [8] p. "One of the first manifestations of the presence of Don Quixote in Lusitanian lands" (Vargas Díaz-Toledo, 2017). The first edition of this extremely scarce satirical political pamphlet concerning the Andalusian independentist conspiracy of 1641 and the Portuguese Restoration War. Cartel de desafio fits into the rich tradition of Portuguese political, philosophical and literary texts speak for the independent and autonomous Portugal state appeared during the Philippine period, however this scarce pamphlet, a fine parody of a contemporary event, excels from the current of such writings, due its more more satirical, perhaps even anecdotal content (Dotras Bravo, Vargas Díaz-Toledo, 2011). The author of this anonymously published booklet was certainly a competent reader of Quixote, who created an interesting intertextuality by transforming the characters from Cervantes into instruments of political struggle and turning Don Quixote to the adversary side, as a symbol and representation of the decline of Spain (Dotras Bravo, Vargas Díaz-Toledo, 2011). Although the language of the text is Spanish, Cartel de desafio is one of the earliest appearances of Don Quixote in Portugal literature (Vargas Díaz-Toledo, 2017). The Andalusian independentist conspiracy was a failed attempt of Andalusia's nobility to gain independence from Spain on the coat tail of the Portuguese Restoration War and the temporary success of the Catalan secessionist endeavor (Reapers' War). The conspiracy whose chief architects were Gaspar Alonso Pérez de Guzmán and Ninth Duke of Medina Sidonia (who are mentioned by name in the pamphlet), together with Francisco Manuel Silvestre de Guzmán, Sixth Marquis of Ayamonte, was discovered and brought to an end in the summer of 1641. Extremely scarce. Outside of Portugal and Spain, we could trace only two copies in institutional holdings (Houghton Library, MA; Hispanic Society of America, NY). Arouca C206; IB 24074; Palau 46419;â Palau 46331â Literature: Dotras Bravo, A., Vargas Díaz-Toledo, A. (2011): Cartel de desafío, y protestación cavalleresca de Don Quixote de la Mancha Cavallero de la Triste Figura en defensión de sus castellanos. (Lisboa, Domingo Lopes, 1642). In: Coloquio-Letras. 178, pp. 77-86.; Vargas Díaz-Toledo, A. (2017): Cartel de desafío de don Gaspar Alonso Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno (1641): nuevos datos. In: Janus: estudios sobre el Siglo de Oro. No. 6 (2017). pp. 243-279.; Anastácio, Vanda: "Heróicas Virtudes e Escritos Que as Publiquem". D. Quixote Nos Papéis Da Restauração. In: Iberoamericana Vol. 7, no. 28, 2007, pp. 117-136. . Occasional light stains throughout. Overall in fine condition. Papered spine. Woodcut illustration of dueling horsemen on the title page. Title page in a typographical frame. A woodcut initial.

2 volumes. Very Scarce First Edition. With provenance of the Newberry Library, officially withdrawn, and earlier, of Gustavia A. Senff, millionairess and wife of Charles H. Senff of the famed Senff Collection, including paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens, Franz Hals, Velazquez, Corot, Clays, and Hobbema, etc. With the terminal advertisements in both volumes as called for. 12mo, very handsomely bound during the period in bindings of full speckled calf, the boards framed with double-gilt rules with circular corner-tools, expertly rebacked with gilt hatched raised bands betwixt beautifully gilt tooled compartments, with the original contrasting red and green labels ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, and housed in an attractive cloth-covered clamshell box with morocco labels gilt lettered. xix, 1, 306pp, 4 ads; 310pp, 2 ads. A fine and handsome set, the text as clean and fresh as one could hope to find, the antique boards very solid with only a touch of expert restoration and minor wear, the spines beautifully accomplished. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST FULL NOVEL BY HENRY FIELDING AND VERY EARLY AMONG THE MODERN NOVELS PUBLISHED IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Fielding called this his "comic epic poem in prose" and it embodies two aesthetics of period literature; being both neoclassical and mock-heroic. Fielding states that the work is an "imitation of the manner of Cervantes", and it does indeed owe much of its humor to Cervantean techniques. But it was Samuel Richardson and the cultural phenomenon caused by Richardson's PAMELA that Fielding had centered in his cross-hairs, within the first few chapters Richardson is parodied mercilessly. Fielding claims in his preface that his impetus for writing the novel was to establish a literary genre "which I do not remember to have been hitherto attempted in our language." He defined this as a "comic epic-poem in prose", being a work of prose fiction, epic in length and varied in chapter; making this a very early example of what we would now call a modern English novel. Thematically, JOSEPH ANDREWS tells of a good-natured footman and his friend and mentor Abraham Adams. Andrews is the brother of Richardson's Pamela. Joseph shares his sister's commitment to premarital chastity and, also like Pamela, has caught the eye of someone, the Lady Booby, intent on seducing it away from him. What follows is a bawdy tale of impending marriages, confused parentage, various twists and turns of social standings, and (of course) true love. First Issue with the following points as called for: Vol. I, p.159.8 "issomething; p. 245.-3 dans for Adams , p. 308 numbered 306; Vol. II p. 241 for 214, p. 14.9 threarned for threatened , p. 57.21 thent hese for than these , p. 93.-3 mead s for meadows , p. 221.2 t of not up one line, p. 235.11 f rom has the unwanted space. Bibliography:: First Edition, "Published 22 Feb. 1742 with a run of 1,500 copies; 2nd Edition. In May and author made hundreds of substantive revisions, some of them a page or more in length." see Studies in Biblio. XVI (1963), 81-117.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. According to Wikipedia: "Don Quixote (/?d?n ki??ho?ti/, also US: /-te?/) is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha or, in Spanish, El ingenioso hidalgo (or caballero, in Part 2) don Quijote de la Mancha. A founding work of Western literature, it is often labeled as the first modern novel and one of the greatest works ever written. Don Quixote is also one of the most-translated books in the world." You can have now the most perfect replica of the two parts of the first edition of the inmortal Don Quixote bound in leather exactly as in 1605 and 1615, so you can accompany the deluded and genius at the same time, Don Quijote, in his most extraordinary adventures alongside his faithful and witty squire Sancho Panza. Free shipping in the USA. Sherrington's Facsimiles. We are serious dealers.

First Edition. Copy #22 of 250 numbered copies SIGNED & dated "1977 London" by Baryshnikov on the colophon. Features 6 silk screen mezzotint prints one for each of the Ballets noted in the title. (10" X 8" images printed on 17" X 15" sheets) All printes and colophon are fine, as are the plain tissue guards, with the exception of a minute amount of foxing to the colophon guard. Housed in a black leather portfolio with silver stamped titles & black satin ribbon ties. (18" X 16") (A few moderate-sized gauges to surface on rear cover of the portfolio. Traces of light foxing to interior, but not contents) A notably uncommon production highlighting the charm & grace of the dancer in his prime.

6 vols. 12mo. Engraved author portrait after J. López Enguídanos and 48 engraved plates after Antonio Rodríguez. [iii]-lix, [1], 283, [1], lxi-lxiii, [1]; 418, [2]; 365, [3]; xiii, [1], 364; 374, [2, blank], [4];392, [4] pp. Contemporary tree calf, covers with gilt roll border, spines richly gilt, red morocco spine labels; a few small scuffs, flaw in leather to rear cover of vol. 2, one plate and a few leaves in vol. 5 worn at fore-edge A beautiful copy in contemporary Spanish binding of this royal printing of Don Quixote. Rius notes this is the first Spanish edition printed in small type and has high praise for the edition in general: "La impresión, muy buena; el papel, excelente, y el gusto tipográfico que en esta edición se nota, la colocan en el lugar de las bellas." With a biography of Cervantes by Manuel Quintana and 48 engraved plates after Antonio Rodriguez.REFERENCE: Osterc, Los Quijotes de la Coleccion Franz Mayer, 75 ("entre las más bonitas de cuantas se impimieron en España durante los siglos XVII y XVIII"); Palau 52029; Rius 58.

Imp.-Fol. Mappe. Größe: 64x45 cm, Blatt-Größe: 48x37 cm. Das vorliegene Werk wurde im Jahr 1924 in einer einmaligen Auflage von einhundert Exemplaren gedruckt. Der Druck der Holzschnitte erfolgte in der Staatlichen Akademie für graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe zu Leipzig. Jeder Holzschnitt ist vom Künstler eigenhändig signiert und nummeriert. Unser Ex. trägt die Nummer 62. Zehn Bilder in Passpatur in der Titelseite eingeschlagen zusammen in einer Mappe. Die Holzschnitte sind leicht angestaubt und unterschiedlich stockfleckig, die Mappe am Rücken gebrochen und angeschmutzt, ansonsten gutes und seltenes Exemplar. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 4550.

En rama. Condición: Bien. 1 Edición. Materia: Libro del siglo XX. Literatura. Arte. Bibliofilia. Publicación: Alicante: Galería y Ediciones Rembrandt, 1982. Descripción física: Gran folio (54 x 39 cm.), ejemplar en rama, texto + 20 aguafuertes originales firmados y numerados por el artista. Funda editorial tela + Estuche holandesa piel. Notas: Tirada limitada de 199 ejemplares. (n.º 37) Conservación: Buen estado. BSS1. Firmado por el autor.

First edition. 8vo. Printed music in text to 15 songs. [16], 64 pp. Later drab wrappers; sporadic foxing First edition of Fielding's ballad opera, begun in 1728 while he was studying literature in Leiden and dedicated to the Earl of Chesterfield. A second edition was published in 1754; this first edition is uncommon on the market.REFERENCE: Cross, III, p. 298.