Fernandez de Avellaneda, Alonso
The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote, de la Mancha
£350
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
... With Illustrations and Corrections by the Licentiate Don Isidro Perales y Torres. And now first translation from the Spanish. Swaffham: D. Sudbury, 1805. 3 volumes, 12mo (17.5 x 9.5cm), contemporary 'Spanish' calf, neatly rebacked to style, Greek-key roll and twin fillet frame gilt to covers, marbled endpapers and edges, [2] 4 xliv 340, [2] 4 286, [2] 4 233 pp., engraved armorial bookplates (Thomas J. Woodward) (3)
Footnote
Note: Rare provincial English edition of the unauthorised continuation of Don Quixote, first published in Spanish in 1614, and in English in 1705; Library Hub traces three copies only.