CERVENTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. The Life and Exploits of Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Spanish of Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra (SIC) by Charles Jarvis, Esq. In Four Volumes London: Printed For Lackington, Allen And Co; F.C. & J Rivington; Longman Hurst And Co, Cadell And Davies; J. Mawman; Vernon, H, 1811. London: Printed For Lackington, Allen And Co; F.C. & J Rivington; Longman Hurst And Co, Cadell And Davies; J. Mawman; Vernon, Hood & Sharpe; E Jeffery, R.H. Evans ; And Gale And Curtis., 1811 4 vols. [v.I: [i-v], vi-xx, [xxi-xxiv], [1], 2-308 pp.; v.II: [i-vi], [1], 2-335 pp.; v.III [wrong vol. see below*]; v.IV: [i-iv], [1], 2-367, [368] pp.] front. [v.I]. 17 x 10,5 cm. 19th century quarter leather and corners with gold spine lettering and decorations, marbled paper boards. Frontispiece to v.I is a portrait of Cervantes (H. Meyer sculpt.) V.I includes “Life of the Author” extracted from Mayans y Ciscar’s Life of Cervantes. [Rius 664, Suñé 394,Icon437] Half-titles missing. Inscribed on flyleaves “A[gnes] Briggs, May 1873.” *the proper v.III is missing, being replaced with an extract (unacknowledged) from vol.II (pp.i-iv, 1-194) of the version published by Jones & Co. in 1831, complete with some of the Cruikshank illustrations and providing the text needed to link vols.II and IV. All 4 vols. are in a uniform binding and similarly inscribed, so the substitution for the missing vol.III must date from no later than 1873.