Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote. American edition in four volumes - 1920

The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha. Translated from the Spanish by P. A. Motteux. Vol. I (-Vol. IV). New York: Bigelow, Brown and Co. Inc., 1920

4 v. [v.I: [i-vi], v-xi, [xii], [i], ii-xliii, 1-445 pp.; v.II: [i-vi], v-viii, [1], 2-484 pp.; v.III:
[i-v], vi-x, [1], 2-512 pp.; v.IV: [i-vii], vi-ix, [x], [1], 2-508 pp.] fronts. (National
Library Edition) 21,5 x 14,5 cm. Green cloth with black spine panels and gold lettering and
decorations, top edges gilt. Virtually a reprint of the William Paterson edition of 1892 and the John Grant edition of 1906. It includes the Life of Cervantes and Notes by J. G. Lockhart,
the Notes in a revised form. The photogravure frontispieces are unsigned and
uncaptioned, but are in fact reproduced from four of the etchings by Adolphe Lalauze
included in the Paterson and Grant editions. ‘National Library Edition’ appears only on the spines.
Inscribed inside front covers “Irene E. Hurley, 2531 Chilton Way, Berk 6209J”. [Ashbe 285]