Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote. Two illustrated editions - 1941-1961

1.- The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de
Cervantes Saavedra. Translated from a Spanish text based upon the first editions of
1605 and 1615 with notes and Preface by Samuel Putnam. Lithographs by José
Narro. Volume I[-Volume II]. London: The Folio Society, MCMLXI
2 vols. [Vol.I: [i-ii], iii-xi, [xii], [1-2], 3-441 pp.; Vol.II: [i-iv], v, [vi], [1-2], 3-473
pp.] Coloured frontispiece, illustrated. 25 x 18 cm. Mottled grey cloth boards, blue-green leather spines with gold lettering and decorations, top edges tinted turquoise, slip case.
First published New York: Viking Press, 1949, this edition based on the UK version,
London: Cassell, 1953, but omits the original introduction, bibliography, and
annotations of the Cassell edition. The illustrations first published in a Spanish
edition by Editorial Juventud, Barcelona (1958), and comprise (vol.I) a coloured
frontispiece and 20 full-page black & white plates, and (vol.II) a coloured frontispiece and
28 full-page black & white plates. The illustrations are listed but uncaptioned, all signed
“Narro”. Vol.II has printed Ex Libris label of J.U.Body inside front cover. A cut at the top of the spine of volume I

2.- The first part of the life and achievements of the renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Translated by Peter Motteux. Illustrated with wood engravings by Hans Alexander Mueller. New York: Random House, 1941
Half-title: Don Quixote de la Mancha. [1-4], 5-566, [567-569] pp. Color illustrations. 26 x 18 cm. Green cloth with gold lettering on red spine panel, gold spine decorations, top edges tinted red, slip case. Foreword by Edwin Seaver. The illustrations in the text, uncaptioned. unsigned and
unlisted, mostly monochrome in a variety of colours, with a few multicoloured.