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Cervantes - The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha

2. Cervantes De Saavedra, Miguel [Jarvis Edition with an excellent provenance, being from the library of John Fane, (Lord Burgersh) the Earl of Westmoreland].

The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish by Charles Jarvis, Esq. [Bound with: “The Life of Michael de Cervantes Saavedra” and an “Advertisement concerning the Plates”].

Second issue of the First Jarvis Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). London, J. & R. Tonson and R. Dodsley, 1738-1742. Quarto. Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece, XXIV, (8), I – [XXIV], (interrupted with 8 unnumbered pages: “Supplement to the Translator’s Preface,” on the origin of books of chivalry, [by Wiliam Warburton]), continued pagination [XXV-XXXII], Second Frontispiece (Portrait of Cervantes by George Vertue after G. Kent), V, (2), 355 pages with 28 copperplates (including the two frontispieces). Volume II: XII, 388 pages with 41 copperplate illustrations. In total 69 copperplate engravings, all drawn by John Vanderbank and engraved by Gerard van der Gucht / Vandergucht. Modern Hardcover bindings by an english masterbinder, styled to the 18th century period and with new endpapers that carry the original bookplates / Exlibris of John Fane, (Lord Burgersh) the Earl of Westmoreland. Excellent condition with only minor signs of foxing to the outer margins of the pages. All illustrations in strong and fresh imprint. An excellent set from a famous library.

EUR 7.500,-- 

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Various. Hispanic Notes & Monographs.

9. Various Authors: Lopez de Ayala, Pedro / Ruiz, Juan / Manrique, Gomez / Teresa de Jesus, Santa / Cruz, Juan de La, San / Quevedo Villegas, Francisco de / Machado, Antonio / Jiminez, Juan Ramon / Garcia Lorca, Federico / Lime, Jorge de etc.

Hispanic Notes & Monographs Series: Translations from Hispanic Poets [Poets from Cuba (Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda), Argentina (Bartolomoe Mitre / Martiniano Leguizamon / Leopoldo Lugones / Enrique Banchs / Rafael Alberto Arrieta / Alfonsina Storni / Oscar Bietti / Brazil (Jorge de Lima / Carlos Pezoa Velis / Gabriela Mistral) / Colombia (Jorge Isaacs / Jose Asuncion Silva / Guillermo Valencia / Luis Carlos Lopez / Costa Rica (Carlos Luis Saenz / Fernando Lujan) Mexico (Amado Nervo / Maria Enriqueta / Jaime Torres Bodet / Juana Ines de la Cruz / Joaquin Arcadio Pagaza / Francisco A de Icaza / etc.) / Nicaragua (Ruben Dario) , Peru (Manuel Gonzalez Prada / Jose Santos Chocano) / Uruguay (Fernan Silva Valdes / Emilio Oribe / Juana de Ibarbourou) / Venezuela (Rufino Blanco-Fombona) / Spain and Portugal (Juan Ruiz / Pedro Lopez de Ayala / Payo Gomez Charino / Auzias March / Garcilaso de la Vega / Juan Boscan / Santa Teresa de Jesus / Fernando de Herreira / Lope Felix de Vega Carpio / Tomas de Iriarte / Federico Garcia Lorca / Rafael Alberti / Manuel Altolaguirre / Adriano del Valle (Bullfight at Sevilla) / etc. etc. etc.].

New York, The Hispanic Society of America, 1938. 14 cm x 19 cm. XVI, 271 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Scratches to outer cloth covering. Browning of page edges.

EUR 175,-- 

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