CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). [Don Quixote]. The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote. Tobias Smollett, translator. London: for A. Millar and others, 1755.
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Lot Description
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). [Don Quixote]. The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote. Tobias Smollett, translator. London: for A. Millar and others, 1755.
2 volumes, 4to (285 x 221 mm). 28 engraved plates. (Some minor browning or spotting.) Contemporary sprinkled calf, contemporary brown morocco lettering-pieces gilt, later tan morocco lettering-pieces gilt (some light wear, joints starting). Provenance: Arthur Mullin (bookplate).
Illustrated edition with engraved plates after Hayman. "Hayman was the most proficient English illustrator of his time, and this is his best book" (Gordon N. Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England, p.5).
Property from the Collection of Edward A. Quattrocchi
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