Details
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. Vida y Hechos del Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, London: J & R. Tonson, 1738, 4 volumes, 4°, LARGE PAPER COPY, engraved portrait of Cervantes by George Virtue, 68 numbered engraved plates, most by Gerard Vander Gucht after Vanderbank, typographical ornaments (some browning to text, occasional spotting, a few ink splashes), contemporary rose morocco gilt (spines faded and lacking labels, extremities rubbed). [Lowndes II, 400: "A splendid and excellent edition, published by Lord Carteret"] (4)
Provenance
Joseph Eyre (ownership inscription to each volume).