The life and exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for J. and R. Tonson ... and R. Dodsley ...,
1742.
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| Item Description: | "The life of Michael de Cervantes Saavedra. Written by Don Gregorio Mayáns & Siscár ... Translated, from the Spanish manuscript, by Mr. Ozell." (vi, [2], 90 pages., with frontispiece and special title page, dated 1738) inserted in volume 1 following page xxxii. Some issues have "A supplement to the translator's preface" by William Warburton ([8] pages) inserted after "The translator's preface". Head- and tail-pieces; initials. One of the Cushing Library/Rare Books copies was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. One of the Cushing Library/Rare Books copies (not Morrison) lacks the frontispiece, and is bound in {modern?] tooled soft tan leather. One of the Cushing Library/Rare Books copies (not Morrison) has the frontispiece, contemporary calf binding, brown marbled end-papers, and the spine title: Jarvis's Don Quixote. "The illustrations, mostly designed by J. Vanderbank and engraved by G. Van der Gucht, but including plates by Geo. Vertue, B. Baron, and Claude du Bosc, and engraved from the original copper plates for the London 1738 edition, with revised page references.''--From catalog card, Cushing Library/Rare Books/Morrison Collection. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes : illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Related Items: | Forms part of The Eduardo Urbina Cervantes Project Collection. |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- England -- London. |