Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - The history of the valorous and witty knight-errant Don Quixote of the Mancha - 1902

The history of the valorous and witty knight-errant Don Quixote of the Mancha by Cervantes. Translated by Thomas Shelton 1612-1620. London: Gibbings and Co. Ltd./Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1901

Half-title: Don Quixote. The introduction by Justin Huntly McCarthy. The illustrations by Frank Brangwyn. Vol. I (.Vol IV)

4 vols. [vol.I: [i-iv], v-xxxiii, [xxxiv-xxxvi], [1], 2-304 pp.; vol.II: [i-iv], v-ix, [x-xii],
[1], 2-344 pp.; vol.III: [i-v], vi-xix, [xx], [1], 2-351 pp.; vol.IV: [i-v], vi-xiii, [xiv], [1],
2-291 pp.]. Frontispiece, illustrated. 18 x 12 cm. Red cloth with gold spine lettering, red & black
lettering on covers on gold panels, top edges gilt.

Reprint of the version first published in 1895. The half-title and title-page
matter placed inside art nouveau plant designs in brown. The frontispieces sepia
photogravure on stiff paper, the 19 text illustrations black & white, in addition, vol.I
has (opp.p.1) an engraved portrait of Cervantes “From the portrait designed by Kent
1753.” The text plates, listed and captioned

Ashbee 39, Suñé 481

Printed armorial bookplate of Sir John Leslie, Bart. attached inside front cover of
vol.I.