Author: CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE (1547-1616) ; JARVIS, CHARLES (1675?-1739, TRANS.)
Title: Don Quixote de la Mancha / translated from the original Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, by Charles Jarvis ; embelished with twenty-four highly finished engravings, from drawings designed expressly for this edition [complete in 4 volumes]
Description: London : Printed for T. M'Lean. bookseller and publisher 1819. 1st Edition in this form. Good to very good copy bound in contemporary gilt-blocked 1/2 brown leather over marble boards. Gilt decorated title to spine. Some fading to spine with wear to spine bands. Panel edges somewhat rubbed and worn as with age. Marble endpapers. Some minor foxing to prelims. Corners sharp with an overall tight. bright and clean impression. ; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 0 pages; Physical desc.: 4 v. : [24] col. plates. fronts. ; 22 cm. Subject: Spanish literature - Fiction. The celebrated translation of Don Quixote by the Irish-born Charles Jarvis (1675-1739). a member of the literary circle of Addison. Pope and Swift. and also an eminent artist. First published posthumously in 1742 and frequently reprinted. Jarvis's translation is generally acknowledged as being close in spirit to the original. Referenced by: Abbey. J.R. Life 238.Weight in Kg appr.:

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