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[Don Quixote. English]
The history of the valorous and vvitty-knight-errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish; now newly corrected and amended.
History of the valorous and witty-knight-errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha
Running title: Historie of Don Quixote
London : Printed by Richard Hodgkinsonne, for Andrew Crooke, 1652.
2 pt. in 1 v. ([3] blank, [8], 137; [5], 138-274 leaves, [3] blank) ; 27 cm. (Fol.)
Translation, by Thomas Shelton, of Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. Don Quixote.
Part 2 has separate dated title-page on leaf leaf 2M2 recto.
Running title: The historie of Don Quixote.
Foliation omits "215" and repeats "244".
Signatures: )(⁴ 2)(⁴ A-Z⁴ 2A-2Z⁴ 3A-3Z⁴ 4A⁴ (4A4 blank).
Two woodcut title-page ornaments; headpieces and initials.
ESTC, R3484
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), C1776
Armorial bookplate on blue paper of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Bindon Blood K.C.B. of Cranagher, inscribed in pencil "From ... to Mrs Julia".
Bookseller's codes and calculation of years elapsed between date of publication and 1830 at foot of title page.
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.
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.
Wanting final blank leaf 3A4.
Title page damaged at lower fore-edge and laid down on another leaf, without loss of text.
Shelton, Thomas, fl. 1612 - fl. 1612 translator.
Crooke, Andrew, ? - d. 1674 bookseller.
Blood, Binyon, 1842 - 1940 Sir former owner.
Sangorski & Sutcliffe binder.
England London.
eng spa
B50149