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The first[-second] part of the history of the valorous and wittie knight-errant Don Quixote of the Mancha /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616
Corporate Author: Ashendene Press (Printer)
Other Authors: Shelton, Thomas, active 1612 (Translator, Dedicator), Blount, Edward, active 1588-1632 (Dedicator), Hornby, Charles Harry St. John, 1867-1946 (Printer), Faulkner, George (Printer), Powell, Louise (Designer), Quick, William Michael Roberts, 1838-1927 (Wood engraver), Ford, George H. (George Harry), 1914-1994 (Wood engraver)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chelsea [London, England] : The Ashendene Press, Shelley House : MCMXXXVII-MCMXXVIII [1927-1928]
Subjects:
Romance.
Comic history.
Translations.
Printers' devices (Publishing) > Great Britain > 20th century.
Limitation statements (Publishing) > Great Britain > 20th century.
Untrimmed edges (Binding) > Great Britain > 20th century.
Description
Item Description:Volume 2 has title: "The second part of the history of the valorous and wittie knight-errant Don Quixote of the Mancha ... translated into English MDCXX."
Colophons include publisher's device, in red.
Text printed in two columns, in black and red; initials; some decorative borders.
Volume 1 dedication signed by Shelton, volume 2 signed "edition Blount."
"... first printed in the yeare one thousand six hundred & twelve [one thousand six hundred & twenty]. Now newly imprinted by [Charles H.] St. John Hornby assisted by G. Faulkner pressman & I. Jenkins compositor ... The initials and borders were designed by Louise Powell and cut on wood by W. M. Quick and Geo. H. Ford"--Colophons.
Volume 1: [2], xiij, [1], 268, [4] p; volume 2: [2], x, 256, [4] p; the first and last leaves in each volume are blank and genuine.
Signatures: volume 1: [a]⁸ b-x⁶ z⁶ 2a⁴ 2b⁶; volume 2: [a]⁶b-x⁶ z⁶ 2a⁴.
"Two hundred and twenty five copies have been printed upon paper and twenty copies upon vellum"--Colophons.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy contains a bookseller's description.
Physical Description:2 volumes ; 44 x 32 cm.
Related Items:Forms part of The Eduardo Urbina Cervantes Project Collection.
Place of Publication:England -- London.