Shelfmark
Gn.1.14
Author
Uniform title
[Don Quixote. English]
Title
The history of the valorous and vvitty-knight-errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish; now newly corrected and amended.
Varying form of title
History of the valorous and witty-knight-errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha
Varying form of title
Running title: Historie of Don Quixote
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by Richard Hodgkinsonne, for Andrew Crooke, 1652.
Physical description
2 pt. in 1 v. ([3] blank, [8], 137; [5], 138-274 leaves, [3] blank) ; 27 cm. (Fol.)
Note
Translation, by Thomas Shelton, of Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. Don Quixote.
Note
Part 2 has separate dated title-page on leaf leaf 2M2 recto.
Note
Running title: The historie of Don Quixote.
Note
Foliation omits "215" and repeats "244".
Note
Signatures: )(⁴ 2)(⁴ A-Z⁴ 2A-2Z⁴ 3A-3Z⁴ 4A⁴ (4A4 blank).
Note
Two woodcut title-page ornaments; headpieces and initials.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R3484
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), C1776
Provenance
Armorial bookplate on blue paper of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Bindon Blood K.C.B. of Cranagher, inscribed in pencil "From ... to Mrs Julia".
Provenance
Bookseller's codes and calculation of years elapsed between date of publication and 1830 at foot of title page.
Provenance
Annotations in a ?19th century hand on leaves 2)(4v and A1r containing an "Anecdote by Jarvis of Cervantes" and a note of the work's publication history.
Binding
19th-century dark brown calf binding with gold tooled panels on covers; gold-tooled turn-ins; gold-tooled spine; marbled endpapers. Rebacked with new spine label for the donor by Sangorski & Sutcliffe retaining bookplate.
Copy-specific note
Wanting final blank leaf 3A4.
Copy-specific note
Title page damaged at lower fore-edge and laid down on another leaf, without loss of text.
Added entry--name
Shelton, Thomas, fl. 1612 - fl. 1612 translator.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Crooke, Andrew, ? - d. 1674 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Blood, Binyon, 1842 - 1940 Sir former owner.
Added entry--name
Sangorski & Sutcliffe binder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng spa
Identifier
B50149