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DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA
by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
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About This Item
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1930. Motteux' translation revised anew (1743) & corrected, rectified and filled up in numberless places by J. Ozell who likewise added the explanatory notes from the best editions in English & Spanish. Reprinted with twenty-one illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer. In two volumes. Pp. x+502+[2](blank, colophon)+vi+550 (last colophon), 21 coloured plates, black & white decorative initials, title pages printed in red & black, section headings printed in red; demy 8vo; full natural Niger morocco with gilt lettered red leather title labels, the boards faded and slightly spotted (as often), tiny snag to top fore-corner of upper board Volume I, the bottom fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised same volume, the boards of Volume II slightly sprung; top edges gilt on the rough, others uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedowns, edges of leaves slightly foxed; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1930. Edition limited to 1475 numbered sets. McKitterick 70. *Lacking the slipcase. The text is from the seventh edition of Motteux's translation. Peter Motteux died in 1718 and his translation was revised by J. Ozell. The illustrations were printed with grey outline, then stencilled with colour by the Curwen Press.
Synopsis
[*From Wikipedia:*][1] Alonso Quixano, a retired country gentleman in his fifties, lives in an unnamed section of La Mancha with his niece and a housekeeper. He has become obsessed with books of chivalry, and believes their every word to be true, despite the fact that many of the events in them are clearly impossible. Quixano eventually appears to other people to have lost his mind from little sleep and food and because of so much reading. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 172374
- Title
- DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA
- Author
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Nonesuch Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
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Melbourne, Victoria
About Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller
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