1803 Don Quixote Cervantes Chivalry Smollett English Glasgow Scotland 4v SET

1803 Don Quixote Cervantes Chivalry Smollett English Glasgow Scotland 4v SET

"Small wonder if the world received Don Quixote with delight! There was nothing like unto it before: there has been nothing to eclipse it since".

– Rius, D. Leopoldo

An early 19th-century English translation of Cervantes masterpiece – “Don Quixote”. Tobias Smollett translations are considered highly readable. Smollett was a popular author in his own right, and much of the popularity of this translation was due to his previous fame rather than the quality of his translation. There is also some scholarly speculation on whether Smollett knew Spanish! (Linsalata, 115).

This four-volume edition was published in 1803 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Item number: #24004

Price: $750

CERVANTES Saavedra, Miguel de

The adventures of the renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha

Glasgow: Printed by Chapman & Lang, 1803.

Details:

Collation: 4 volumes

Vol. I – xviii, [2], 282

Wanting title page and frontispiece

Vol. II – [2], 297, [1]

Vol. III – [2], 329

Vol. IV – [2], 311, [3]

3 frontispiece engravings

References: Ashbee 90; Palau 52498; Linsalata, Smolletts Hoax

Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Horace Parker Chandler

Motto: VIVO ET MORIOR PRO QUIBUS AMO

Language: English

Binding: Leather; secure

Size: ~8.5in X 5.25in (21cm x 13.5cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent